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From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to avoid recompiling applications?
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On 6/4/06, Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com> wrote:
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> so, could i theoretically use 'make reinstall' on a fresh system where the
> port had never been previously installed?


Yes... but what's the point?... when you can make your own packages.
instead of typing 'make install' type 'make package', this will spit
out a .tbz file you can use with pkg_add etc...
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/07/FreeBSD_Basics.html



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