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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

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PETER SCHWENK                                    |  UNIX System Administrator
Department of Mathematical Sciences              |  University of Delaware
schwenk@math.udel.edu                            |  (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!!





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