Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:26:40 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> Cc: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu>, Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a port Message-ID: <20000831112640.A3457@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <20000830124332.B50025@envy.geekhouse.net>; from jim@jmock.com on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:43:32PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301523210.72618-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830142923.15555L-100000@alpha> <20000830124332.B50025@envy.geekhouse.net>
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On Wed 2000-08-30 (12:43), Jim Mock wrote: > > 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.'' But the porters-handbook is for porters, not users. I imagine we should have a slightly more advanced version in the handbook, and leave the current ports section in your upcoming new-users-handbook. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner Sunesi Clinical Systems nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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