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cothrige <cothrige@gmail.com> writes:

> Sorry.  What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I
> had an option during install to add.  BTW, I answered yes to this and
> so had that which was on the 6.2 install disc.  Based on the other
> responses, it is looking like perhaps that is not the best method, and
> maybe I should have skipped that and then added the ports after the
> install using cvsup or such.  This is certainly a good thing to know
> for the future, though as of right now I am dealing with the disc
> install method.

That works fine, but to save yourself a bit of annoyance
later, see the cvsup FAQ for how to "adopt" that ports 
tree before trying to update it.