Miroslav,

Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 10:59:46AM +0200, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
> I have '/usr/sbin/portsnap cron' and '/usr/sbin/portsnap -I update' in 
> my crontab, so I get INDEX updated every night before nightly security 
> e-mail is generated.

Ah, I see.  Thanks!

> > But downloading the INDEX file from the central server seemed to be the
> > best way, since it almost always gives one the latest port versions, so
> > I had implemented this in a first place.
> 
> My previous question was not against your solution, it seems useful to 
> have really actual data from the fresh INDEX. It was just a question 
> "how it is done". Maybe someone will be happier to use the existing 
> INDEX because of traffic on some GPRS internet connection or because of 
> the own INDEX creation. (it is not my case, I have all machines as the 
> servers with enough connectivity) ;)

OK, fine.  I will implement the usage of the local INDEX file in some
days.
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