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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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