Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 15:56:49 -0500 From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> To: Nils Holland <ncptiddische@compuserve.com> Cc: Freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: About the PORTS-System Message-ID: <389B3D11.CF780E2E@math.udel.edu> References: <200002041107_MC2-97C2-CB0B@compuserve.com>
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Yes. Nils Holland wrote: > Hi folks, > One question: When I use the ports system to install software it fetches > missing stuff from the Internet and stores it under /usr/ports/distfiles. > Now imagine I've installed Afterstep with the ports system on machine 1. > The next thing I do is installing a fresh free-bsd system on machine 2. > When I copy the files from /usr/ports/distfiles on machine 1 to the same > location on machine 2, will it automatically detect them when I try to > install Afterstep on machine 2, so that it doesn't download the required > files for AfterStep again? > > See ya, > Nils -- PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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