portindex updates

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 9, 2008, at 08:03, William Davis wrote:

> RSS just told me:
>
>> 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
>
>
> If this is the case cant we easily update the index more than twice  
> a day now?  Perhaps even every half hour?

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.

I don't know why the portindex is only regenerated every 12 hours.