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Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> writes:

> I've had so many truncated d/l's trying to install the Mysql server
> from the port that came with my 4.8 mini iso that I decided instead to
> d/l the mysql-max-4.0.16-unknown-freebsd4.7-i386.tar.gz from mysql.org
> and install from there. How is this done? Do I just drop the tar.gz
> into the ports dir and then make install; make build after make
> dist-clean? Which subdir does the .gz file go into?

distfiles

[man ports(7)]

Also note the -F and -R options for fetch, which is the default
program used for the downloads.