From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 22:37:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3682016A4CE for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:37:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A392643D49 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:37:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from abid@saigol.biz) Received: from saigol.biz ([24.201.18.92]) by VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2P0013TW61UW@VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:34:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from Spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) ID MO0010C4; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:34:54 -0400 Received: from spooler by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:34:30 -0400 Received: from vgvlaptop1 (66.11.160.12) by saigol.biz (Mercury/32 v4.01a) with ESMTP ID MG0010C3; Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:34:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 18:34:25 -0400 From: Abid Saigol To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <043001c4863c$af8f4b60$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: How to Build a Custom Port Tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:37:47 -0000 I am a newbie to FreeBSD I'm using an old machine right now with limited disk space, so I don't want to install the entire ports collection. I want to build a custom port tree, and I'm finding the docs to be a bit silent on this account as I guess nowadays disk space is usually abundant so installing the entire port tree is the preferred route. Can someone give some basic guidance on: 1) Do I install a compiler or does the basic FreeBSD install have it installed already? 2) How do I setup a single application port? 3) Will I need to trace dependence or will make pull in the required libraries? 4) Can I use CVsup to keep a limited number of ports up to date? Any and all guidance in this regard will be highly appreciated. Abid