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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:43:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wildcard@dax.belen.k12.nm.us
Subject: Re: /usr/ports/ssh
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On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Chris Johnson wrote:

> > 	I have been wrestling with the installation of the ssh package for
> > awhile now, I wrote awhile back about a problem with an iteration in des.c
> > in the ssh-1.2.22 package I think.
> > 	Well I recently DL'd the new ports collection and am trying to
> > install ssh-1.2.26, I know I'm an idiot and I need the ports scripts to do
> > all I need so I come with a new question on the install of 226.
> 
> ssh builds absolutely cleanly on FreeBSD. Instead of fighting with the port:
> 
> # cd /usr/ports/distfiles
> # tar xzf ssh-1.2.26.tar.gz
> # cd ssh-1.2.26
> # ./configure

Be careful if you do this, it'll start looking for config files in /etc
instead of /usr/local/etc.

I'd recommend running configure with the --prefix=/usr/local just to stay
in line with the general system organization.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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