Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:36:36 -0500 From: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Steven <steven@trance.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports question Message-ID: <3A549884.CCFFDB20@mitre.org> References: <NEBBLBKNKLDHDLHHPODBMEKICKAA.steven@trance.org>
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Steven wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to install the port /usr/ports/graphics/vid but i am running 4.1
> which doesn't have this particular port in its ports distribution.
>
> I checked on the site and it exists in the listing, so I assume that it is
> something which was introduced in version 4.2. The machine no longer has
> access to the internet via a fast network connection (now it just has a
> 28,8k modem), so downloading the latest ports distribution is not a viable
> option just for one program.
>
> Is it possible for someone with 4.2 to tar this directory, then for me to
> untar it and for it to work without problems?
You can just FTP it yourself.
Heck back when I was on a modem, I even wrote a small script to do this
automatically (although it doesn't fetch the newest dependancies, so you
have to be careful).
---------------- Cut Here
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#!/usr/local/bin/zsh
PWD=`pwd`
if [[ "$1" == "" ]]
then
echo "updateport portname"
echo "You must be in the correct part of the ports tree"
exit 1
fi
if [[ -z "`echo $PWD | grep /usr/ports/`" ]]
then
echo "updateport portname"
echo "You must be in the correct part of the ports tree"
exit 2
fi
if [[ -d $1.old ]]
then
sudo rm -rf $1.old
fi
if [[ -d $1 ]]
then
sudo mv $1 $1.old
fi
DIR=`echo $PWD | sed 's/\/usr\/ports\///'`
DIST="/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports-current/$DIR/$1.tar"
CMD="ncftpget"
#URL="ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com$DIST"
URL="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org$DIST"
# Get the file
sudo $CMD $URL
if [[ "$?" != "0" ]]
then
sudo mv $1.old $1
else
sudo tar -xvf $1.tar
fi
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