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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:52:11 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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Subject: Re: install package from pre-downloaded tgz file?
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 07:57:42AM -0600, jacks@sage-american.com wrote:
> I usually put them in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory and install works
> for me....

No, that directory is for the source code which is compiled by the
port.  It's not intended for packages (though I suppose you could put
them there if you really wanted to) -- packages can be downloaded
anywhere, and you just give the absolute or relative path to pkg_add.

Kris

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