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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:53:49 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Guolin Cheng <Guolin@alexa.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: How to set up the COMPLETE port and package lists for different F reeBSD 4.x version
Message-ID:  <20010130185349.L54217@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <2A2825AC1334D411A922005004E0CD203F2CB6@exchange.alexa.com>; from Guolin@alexa.com on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 03:50:29PM -0800
References:  <2A2825AC1334D411A922005004E0CD203F2CB6@exchange.alexa.com>

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On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 03:50:29PM -0800, Guolin Cheng wrote:
> Hi, all,
>=20
>  I don't know how to set up an COMPLETE list for FreeBSD 4.x versions,
> Because as you know, the Installation CD for FreeBSD 4.1, 4.1.1 and 4.2 h=
as
> different tools/versions under port directory, as well as packages.=20
>=20
>  I would like to set a standard Tool/utilities set across all these
> versions, so how can I fulfill it?  CAN I FTP the directory:
>=20
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.0/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/
>=20
> to replace my local package directory under different 4.x version
> installation media?

You could, but it would be inefficient. Your message is unclear
whether you want only a list of packages (see the INDEX file in
/usr/ports), or a copy of every package locally on your system (there
are about 4000 of these totalling several gigabytes).

Kris

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