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Date:      Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:52:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To:        Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: little package mysteries
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980717075020.14231B-100000@outpost.nada.org>
In-Reply-To: <19980717172059.30831@welearn.com.au>

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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Sue Blake wrote:

> Where does a package look to find the other packagages it needs
> that are not yet installed?

Check /var/db/pkg/

> How does it distinguish between another package that should be
> installed if available, and a package that must be installed
> before this one will install?

I dunno, but maybe it's looking up the port in /usr/ports/

Spidey


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