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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

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