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Date:      Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:52:50 -0600
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere?
Message-ID:  <42208D42.9030208@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <1186281086.20050226154821@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <20050226130211.4162005f.albi@scii.nl> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEIMFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <1262756249.20050226141419@wanadoo.fr> <422085C8.8080407@makeworld.com> <1861359872.20050226153635@wanadoo.fr> <42208AFC.6030200@makeworld.com> <1186281086.20050226154821@wanadoo.fr>

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Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Chris writes:
> 
> 
>>If you don't have the ports tree (/usr/ports) on the box, put it there.
> 
> 
> I don't have 300 MB to spare, particularly for something that I will use
> so rarely.
> 
> What's wrong with getting the index from the FTP site when I run
> sysinstall?  Seems to me that it would guarantee that the ports are
> always up to date.
> 

I can't honestly answer that one. There is also a command to fetch the 
index (without the need for sysinstall).

What you propose seems logical - I have never been faced with a space 
issue, so I can't answer one way or the other.

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.



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