Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 17:18:44 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Konstantin Chuguev <joy@urc.ac.ru>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_add from FTP repositary Message-ID: <18864.891994724@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Apr 1998 18:18:16 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407174116.202A-100000@localhost>
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> Have you actually tried this? pkg_add(1) is supposed to be able > to automatically fetch dependencies over FTP based on the > original URL you pass it. I think you need to have all of the > packages in the same directory, though. Well, what it's supposed to do is take the URL apart and try to figure out where its "brother" packages live. If there's no packages/All/ directory on the site in question, that might be difficult. To be honest, it's also been awhile since I've actually tested this feature, but it *is* supposed to work. :-) Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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