Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 20:44:28 -0600 From: Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org> To: Shane Hickey <shane@howsyournetwork.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports seen with pkg_info? Message-ID: <3DC9D38C.4070007@bsdprophet.org> In-Reply-To: <1036613655.10639.33.camel@devo.volumen.net> References: <1036613655.10639.33.camel@devo.volumen.net>
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Here is the answer that you seek: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html Shane Hickey wrote: > Howdy, I apologize if this a goofy question, but I've been installing > new ports (like bash2 for example) via the /usr/ports tree and I notice > that after they are installed that I can see them with pkg_info. Is > this merely a convenience, or did the port build process actually > install a package? > > Thanks, > > Shane Hickey > Network/System Consultant > Howsyournetwork.com > 406.240.6675 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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