From: Matt Rohrer <rohrer@hawaii.edu> To: "Christopher W. Aiken" <cwaiken@telerama.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports install question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10003090959160.18856-100000@uhunix2> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.02.10003091438360.12110-100000@frogger.telerama.com>
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Christopher W. Aiken wrote: > > I'm a two week old FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE newbe and have a > simple question that I can't seem to find an answer too. > > On CD 4 there are megabytes of files in the "distfiles" > and "ports/distfiles". I would assume that the files in > these two directories are the same? > > If I have the /cdrom mounted and I'm trying to do a port of > an app, should the "make" check the /cdrom for the > "distfiles" files after it checks /usr/ports/distfiles or do > I have to copy all those megabytes of "distfiles" to my HD > so that the "make" can find and use them? Yes, the makefile will check the CD before attempting to fetch over the 'net. > > > --- > Christopher W. Aiken > www.cwaiken.com > chris@cwaiken.com > FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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