From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 11:03:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4540F16A400 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:03:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from titania.auscert.org.au (gw.auscert.org.au [203.5.112.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A86B043D45 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:03:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (app [10.0.1.192]) by titania.auscert.org.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k36B3tuE059150 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:03:55 +1000 (EST) Received: from app.auscert.org.au (localhost.auscert.org.au [127.0.0.1]) by app.auscert.org.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k36B3teN014554 for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:03:55 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au) Message-Id: <200604061103.k36B3teN014554@app.auscert.org.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org from: freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:47:28 +0100." <200604060147.30726.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:03:55 +1000 Subject: Re: How to handle 'local' ports/packages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:03:58 -0000 > On Wednesday 05 April 2006 01:35, freebsd-questions@auscert.org.au wrote: > > > to the +CONTENTS file for the package, but then portmanager complains that > > it is nonexistent and won't complete 'portmanager -s'. To make matters > > more awkward, this package is built from a closed-source binary > > distribution and thus can't be properly ported, so I can't set it up > > properly. > > A port does not have to be built from source, there are several (maybe many) > closed-source packages in the ports-tree, for example: > > archivers/rar > mail/mulberry > x11/nvidia-driver Ok, that's fine, but how can I have a port on my system that isn't in the ports tree available to the world? I mean, won't anything I add to my local tree be deleted by cvsup'ing? joel -- Joel Hatton -- Infrastructure Manager | Hotline: +61 7 3365 4417 AusCERT - Australia's national CERT | Fax: +61 7 3365 7031 The University of Queensland | WWW: www.auscert.org.au Qld 4072 Australia | Email: auscert@auscert.org.au