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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 20:44:28 -0600
From: Scott Corey <scott@bsdprophet.org>
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To: Shane Hickey <shane@howsyournetwork.com>
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Subject: Re: ports seen with pkg_info?
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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
>
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