Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:10:51 -0500 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: gareth <bsd@lordcow.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetch info Message-ID: <455344FB.6070808@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20061109141502.GA13814@lordcow.org> References: <20061109141502.GA13814@lordcow.org>
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gareth wrote: > hey guys, i'm struggling to find out how to do this, for example from > the help page: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html > > # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof > # make > >>> lsof_4.57D.freebsd.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. >>> Attempting to fetch from ftp://lsof.itap.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof/. >>> > ===> Extracting for lsof-4.57 > > > how do i figure out before typing make what that url is? (the filename > part seems to be under 'distinfo'). for instance i'd like to download > all the necessary tarballs before running 'portupgrade' to make the > actual upgrade quicker. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Run make fetch in the directory of each of the ports you want to prefetch. Alternatively, you can use sysutils/portupgrade which has a command line switch to fetch only. Alternatively, you can use portmaster which appears to fetch in the background before building. jmc
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