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On Sat, 2006-May-13 21:39:46 +0100, Shaun Amott wrote:
>If bandwidth really is a problem, then it is possible - but not
>necessarily a good idea - to check out individual ports via CVS.

This is not supported.  If you want to build ports from source,
you _must_ have a complete and consistent ports tree.  Otherwise
you are on your own.

-- 
Peter Jeremy