From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Mar 2 23:56:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from scotty.masternet.it (scotty.masternet.it [194.184.65.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9BC014EB9 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 23:55:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Received: from suzy (modem06.masternet.it [194.184.65.16]) by scotty.masternet.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA18905; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:55:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gmarco@scotty.masternet.it) Message-Id: <4.1.19990303090216.00a11100@194.184.65.4> X-Sender: gmarco@scotty.masternet.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 09:03:40 +0100 To: Michael From: Gianmarco Giovannelli Subject: Re: make install vs reinstall??? Cc: ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199903030725.XAA34102@area51.fremont.ca.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 23.25 02/03/99 -0800, you wrote: >What is the difference between make install and make reinstall? make reinstall is usefull to bypass the "install" check so you can install the package again on another box which use the compilation (and installation) made by the previous one. Best Regards, Gianmarco Giovannelli , "Unix expert since yesterday" http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco http://www2.masternet.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message