Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:00:06 -0400 From: "James Gill" <gill@topsecret.net> To: "Lowell Gilbert" <lowell@world.std.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: #make problem Message-ID: <NDBBJDFMIMOCFNNCEKADIEECCKAA.gill@topsecret.net> In-Reply-To: <rd6hfmxpuwg.fsf@world.std.com>
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-> > -> > You will have to install the ports tree, dont worry about -> disk space, it -> > will only create a directory structure, with the names of the -> programs that -> > you can install, and also it will grab the patches for the -> programs to work -> > well on FreeBSD, and then, you will have to mount your cdroom -> (the one with -> > the tar files in it) in /usr/ports/distfiles, and then: -> -> It's still a lot of space (over 40MB), and a heck of a lot of inodes, -> so this advice won't work for everyone. You can get just the -> /usr/ports/Mk directory off of the FTP site, and that should solve -> this particular problem. Thanks, that looks like the answer I wanted :) I specifically do NOT want to install the entire ports tree, for both disk space and security concerns and when I do put a port or program on this system I want to know *exactly* what it is and why it is there. This is one of my first FreeBSD systems and I am intent on learning the system quite thouroughly -- especially what does what. When I find that Make is broken, I want to know why, what doesn't come with the minimal installation and src files, and what I need to do to fix it. -> > > ...and where can i find a port of the fortune program? :) -> -> It's not a port; it's part of the "games" distribution. Install that, -> and you'll find it in /usr/games/fortune. The games distribution is -> about 2MB, and fortune's databases probably make up most of that. Thanks much, I'll look into it... -> -> Be well. I'll add that to the fortunes ;) =D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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