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Subject: Re: I can't get port to make.
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Gina1642@aol.com schrieb:
> 
> I have freebsd 4.2.  The packages are installed. On page 116 of the third
> edition
> The complete FreeBDS book,it explains how to get the distfiles, I tried the
> examples
> but no results.  The system was trying to make an internet connection. What
> am I doing wrong?

You have to have the internet connection for the make to succeed. The
source files are not included in the base install. The ports collection
knows only where to get the source files.  
HTH
-CHristoph Sold

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