portindex updates

[Bryan Blackburn]

On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 11:05:22PM -0500, William Davis said:
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> On Nov 9, 2008, at 10:33 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>> On Nov 9, 2008, at 21:12, William Davis wrote:
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>>> On Nov 9, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
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>>>> On Nov 9, 2008, at 08:03, William Davis wrote:
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>>>>> RSS just told me:
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>>>>>> Commit by ryandesign at macports.org :: r41701 
>>>>>> /trunk/base/src/port/portindex.tcl: (link)
>>>>>> http://trac.macports.org/changeset/41701
>>>>>> portindex.tcl: Generate the port index in a temporary file  
>>>>>> first, then replace the PortIndex file all at once; fixes #16234
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>>>>> If this is the case cant we easily update the index more than  
>>>>> twice a day now?  Perhaps even every half hour?
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>>>> I don't think my commit changes anything for the frequency of  
>>>> portindex updates. All it does is make sure that until the new  
>>>> portindex is done being regenerated, the old portindex is still  
>>>> around so it can be used by other port operations.
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>>>> I don't know why the portindex is only regenerated every 12 hours.
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>>> Ryan, I know you didnt change the update frequency.  My point was  
>>> that with your change in place it seems possible  AFTERWARDS to  
>>> update the index more frequently now that the old index can be used  
>>> while the new one is building.
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>> I didn't think the server used the portindex for anything.
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> It doesnt as far I know, but the people who are running selfupdate do,  
> dont they?

That change to portindex only affects when you run it, using selfupdate
simply gets the new PortIndex from the server.  Hence, this shouldn't be
affecting you unless you also have a local repository and run portindex on
it (which I think was the initial reason for the ticket which resulted in
the change).

Bryan


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