Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:43:32 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> To: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu> Cc: Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a port Message-ID: <20000830124332.B50025@envy.geekhouse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830142923.15555L-100000@alpha>; from ndeb@ece.cmu.edu on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 02:34:46PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301523210.72618-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830142923.15555L-100000@alpha>
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 at 14:34:46 -0400, Nilmoni Deb wrote: > On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Theo Bell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Generally when you compile a port it looks in /usr/ports/distfiles > > Sometimes ports (like xemacs I believe) make their own directory > > in /usr/ports/distfiles. > > In that case why doesn't the makefile give an intelligent error > message such as ``Please read the documentation.'' > Atleast that saves the time of downloading a 12MB file (like > netscape) for 45 minutes if the user has already downloaded it once. The porters-handbook tells you where the tarball should be. On the second line of Chapter 2. ``First, get the original tarball and put it into DISTDIR, which defaults to /usr/ports/distfiles.'' - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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