Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:52:50 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere? Message-ID: <42208D42.9030208@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <1186281086.20050226154821@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050226130211.4162005f.albi@scii.nl> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEIMFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <1262756249.20050226141419@wanadoo.fr> <422085C8.8080407@makeworld.com> <1861359872.20050226153635@wanadoo.fr> <42208AFC.6030200@makeworld.com> <1186281086.20050226154821@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Chris writes: > > >>If you don't have the ports tree (/usr/ports) on the box, put it there. > > > I don't have 300 MB to spare, particularly for something that I will use > so rarely. > > What's wrong with getting the index from the FTP site when I run > sysinstall? Seems to me that it would guarantee that the ports are > always up to date. > I can't honestly answer that one. There is also a command to fetch the index (without the need for sysinstall). What you propose seems logical - I have never been faced with a space issue, so I can't answer one way or the other. -- Best regards, Chris If two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
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