From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 20 16:19:05 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 6CD2416A4CE for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:19:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outmx011.isp.belgacom.be (outmx011.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.3.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF9E43D45 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:19:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geert@lori.mine.nu) Received: from outmx011.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) with ESMTP id i7KGItsJ019808 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:18:56 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from lori.mine.nu (183-17.244.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.244.17.183]) with ESMTP id i7KGIqTi019774; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:18:52 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: by lori.mine.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 466149D4; Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:18:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:18:52 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx To: Abid Saigol Message-ID: <20040820161852.GC50230@lori.mine.nu> References: <043001c4863c$af8f4b60$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <043001c4863c$af8f4b60$6601a8c0@vgvlaptop1> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-GPG-Key: http://lori.mine.nu/gnupgkey.asc X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/766C1E92 X-Accept-Language: nl,en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:19:05 -0000 On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 06:34:25PM -0400, Abid Saigol wrote: > 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 portcheckout(1) may be what you are looking for. It's in the Ports :-) but of course you can also install it with pkg_add portcheckout. Using the method described in it's manpage, you would only fetch the files necessary for a specific port + it's dependencies. GH