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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 19:45:44 +0930 (CST)
From:      Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
To:        alex@cichlids.com (Alexander Langer)
Cc:        newton@internode.com.au, akm@mail.theinternet.com.au, eivind@FreeBSD.ORG, abial@webgiro.com, taavi@uninet.ee, kaj@raditex.se, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: a two-level port system?
Message-ID:  <199906011015.TAA30081@gizmo.internode.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990601121027.A16920@cichlids.cichlids.com> from "Alexander Langer" at Jun 1, 99 12:10:27 pm

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Alexander Langer wrote:

 > Thus spake Mark Newton (newton@internode.com.au):
 > >  > DESCR file?
 > > /usr/ports/INDEX ?
 > 
 > Isn't the DESCR much more detailed than this INDEX file?
 > (compare mail/mutt/pkg/DESCR and the INDEX file)

Use INDEX to work out whether the package *might* be appropriate, 
and use something like "make buildenv" to grab the DESCR file 
(and everything else) if you think it's useful to do so.

I think most novices probably don't even know the DESCR file 
exists anyway.

    - mark

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