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Date:      Wed, 21 Aug 1996 18:10:32 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi Asami)
Cc:        chuckr@glue.umd.edu, marc@bowtie.nl, sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: PREFIX with X11 ports 
Message-ID:  <19307.840676232@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:54:27 PDT." <199608220054.RAA17753@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> 

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> I think he's talking about the DISTPATH problem, Chuck.
> 
> Anyway, what's the interesting solution you're talking about, Jordan? :)

Make fetch understand file:/... URLs, then add:

	file:/cdrom/distfiles

to the MASTER_SITES list. :-)

Credit for this idea goes to Jeremy Lea.

					Jordan



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