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Subject: Re: pkg_add -r could be better?
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Hi,

On 10/28/10 22:07, Sean McAfee wrote:
> Why are you using -r (which fetches the default packages from
> freebsd.org/mirrors) in conjunction with custom packages?

My intention is to serve them to multiple systems from a single FTP/HTTP 
server.  I set PACKAGEROOT/PACKAGESITE to override the default mirror 
selection.


Thanks,
Aragon