Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2002 21:10:24 -0400 From: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Lee" <lee@unassemble.co.uk> Subject: Re: File System Monitoring Message-ID: <XS96DBDBB9QOXUPO97286C21NJTQ2Y.3d264380@sparky> In-Reply-To: <003701c22476$4bb529e0$6400a8c0@Administrator>
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7/5/2002 6:50:01 PM, "Lee" <lee@unassemble.co.uk> wrote: >Sorry I should have been more clear. > >Although maybe this defeats the point in using FreeBSD I am not using the >Ports collection unless absolutley necessary. Mostly I am installing from >source. [snip] The ports work by downloading the source, adding any patches, then compiling and installing on your machine. (They also make sure you have the dependencies installed.) Any patches, as well as where the installed files go, should be clear from the files in each port's directory. Perhaps you knew this, but had some other reason for not using the ports? Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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