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Date:      Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:44:14 +0200
From:      Eric Devolder <eric.devolder@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?
Message-ID:  <f0531c170510050744n71b7379pbeded58b09e54d4b@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi there,

I'm newby to FreeBSD. I'm using FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0 and here is my wish=
:
I would like to fetch the sources for an old port release ( I know I
can grab it from ftp-archive.freebsd.org but I don't know how to fetch
the sources with freebsd command line tools),  change the makefile
and/or patch the source, recompile and possibly make a package (.tgz)
to be installed somewhere else.

My specific questions are:
* how to fetch the source code of a port? and especially from another relea=
se?
* how to unpack, change the makefile, compile?
* how to package it again?

I've gone through various manuals, without any success so far (at
least I've got cvsup installed, that's maybe a start...)

Thanks



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