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>>>>> John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:
> 
> A *VAST* improvement!

Thank you!

> My one nit to pick is about the section on compiling from CD-ROM. 
> If you just link /usr/ports/distfiles to the cdrom, any port
> which has to fetch a distfile from the net will fall flat on its
> face with a not-so-helpful error.

OK, I've put something in about this now (using kermit as an example).

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James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
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