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From: Brett Neely <support@cdrom.com>
To: Magnus <ambein@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
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Subject: Re: ports won't build
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> 	I managed to create a symbolic link between /usr/ports/distfiles 
> and /cdrom/ports/distfiles. I did this with the following procedure:

Hi,

You might want to take a look at the online handbook at www.freebsd.org
and see the documentation for compiling the ports.  You will see that
there is an alternate "mount" command you should use to help your system
find the distribution files.
 
> # bash
> # mount -t cd9660 /dev/matcd0a /cdrom
> # cd /cdrom/ports/distfiles
> # mkdir -p /usr/ports/distfiles
> # for i in *; do
> >  ln -s $i /usr/ports/distfiles/$i
> >  done
> # cd /usr/pots/editors/staroffice
> # make [or make install]

Hope this helps.

	Brett Neely
	Technical Support Staff
        Walnut Creek CDROM


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