Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 02:40:38 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, "Francis J. Bruening" <francis.j.bruening@bigfoot.com>, freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 2 questions about using the ports collection Message-ID: <19991029024038.B323@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910281536400.98065-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <19991028093416.C68579@dan.emsphone.com> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910281536400.98065-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 03:39:35PM +0100, J McKitrick wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Dan Nelson wrote:
> >sysinstall installs packages (precompiled ports), not ports. Depending
>
> So, there is no shortcut to installing ports? I use ppp then go to the
> directory and do the make, make install commands, right? For some reason,
> i thought ports could be installed via sysinstall.
>
That just installs the /usr/ports tree (i.e. the Makefiles etc.)
>
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