From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 25 14:10:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B12AD16A41F for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:10:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deejy-pooh@ntlworld.com) Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C68743D64 for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:10:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deejy-pooh@ntlworld.com) Received: from aamta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20051125141030.BSFU21883.mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:10:30 +0000 Received: from cpc4-linc4-5-1-cust91.nott.cable.ntl.com ([82.25.112.91]) by aamta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20051125141030.DVPB1233.aamta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@cpc4-linc4-5-1-cust91.nott.cable.ntl.com> for ; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:10:30 +0000 From: Uncle Deejy-Pooh To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:09:53 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511251409.53459.deejy-pooh@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: Whi ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:10:32 -0000 >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Indeed, so. But why has someone gone to all the ex= tra programming=20 >trouble to=20 >interrupt ( ! ) an install routine this way ? Is there a dependency issue,= =20 >one wonders ? If the head honcho who wrote the install routine could=20 >enlighten us, it will save this issue from turning into a "Ted & Chad" :>} Answer to my own dumb-ass question: Don't install the Ports. Then, on my software selection, everything is on C= D2. When install is complete, just mkdir /usr/ports & cvsup the ports-supfile.= =20 That will be the three-hundreth and .... time I've done an install. Soon I'= ll=20 know my arse from my elbow !