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Subject: Re: building a package without installing it
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daniel quinn wrote:

>is this even possible?  a number of google results have informed me that it 
>isn't, but i'm hoping there's a hack or a work around.  essentially, i want 
>to build the packages on one box, copy them to many boxes and run package_add 
>there.
>
>suggestions/comments?
>
>  
>
FYI, this belongs on -ports.

what is wrong with 'make package' ?

-Frank