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Date:      Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:15:56 -0700
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To:        josh b <statik@cris.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: port probs
Message-ID:  <20000617151555.A220@dialin-client.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000617140648.00a98260@pop3.concentric.net>; from statik@cris.com on Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 02:08:19PM -0700
References:  <4.3.1.1.20000617140648.00a98260@pop3.concentric.net>

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On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 02:08:19PM -0700, josh b wrote:
> why i try to install any port it says it cant reach the ftp site, most 
> likely becuase im not conected to the internet..but i do have the 4 cd set 
> with the port dist files on them, how can i install those?

The standard port build looks in /usr/ports/distfiles for the
distfiles, and if it's not there, it goes to downloading. Either copy
the distfiles needed to that location, or another trick is something
like,

  # mount /dev/acd0c /cdrom
  # cd /usr/ports
  # rmdir distfiles
  # ln -s /cdrom/ports/distfiles .

I'm not sure about the path to the distfiles on the CD, but you get
the idea; make a symbolic link to them.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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