Subject: Re: bsdpak: need some advice
To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com>
From: None <collver@linuxfreemail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/02/2002 12:41:37
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:33:59AM -0800, paul beard wrote:
> So after my ordeal with pkg_chk -u (I killed it after I saw it was 
> going to rebuild koffice a third time), I tried bsdpak and as a 
> prerequisite, I am making the INDEX file in /usr/pkgsrc. It seems 
> to go very slowly . . .  like half an hour per pkg??
> 
> My CPU is pegged (granted it's *only* a 500 MHZ Piii), and I can't 
> figure out what's taking all that effort. What other tools are 
> there to ensure pkg sanity?

Older versions of bsdpak required you make the INDEX file.
But the current version does not, and it runs fine my pentium system.
What version of bsdpak are you using?

Ben