Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:23:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: Revised ports entry for handbook Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960623135556.19102A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <01I690R6QFDU00AOX7@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>
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> > Interesting, there's no evidence in my packages database for any port > > I've ever done, except for those done using lndir. > > He means the database in /var/db/pkg - the pkg_add command updates > this area. That's what I meant too. I ported apsfilter a few weeks ago, and there's no evidence of it in /var/db/pkg (or with pkg_info -a) nor has there ever been any evidence of kermit there. But perhaps I just typed "make" instead of "make install." Not really important. > > > > It seems to me the lndir approach to ports is so obviously superior to > > a symbolic link to the distfiles on the cdrom or not using a symbolic > > link or lndir that it's worth explaining, and worth explaining how to > > Well, it also has its drawbacks - the symlink tree eats a LOT of inodes. :( That bad? Then maybe people should be told they can check the availability of inodes with df -i, and that they can zap any part of the link tree they don't need. > > > > Whether one gets the skeleton files by ftp or from the cdrom, where is > > the make fetch-list command issued? I can't make it work on freefall. > > Strange - works for me! Works for me on my own machine, too. It's just that it doesn't work on ftp.freebsd.org, not that it should. Annelisehome | help
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