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Date:      Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:12:01 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Ports base?
Message-ID:  <3DE089D1.8000906@owt.com>
References:  <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com>

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Peter Leftwich wrote:
> I tried to install just the ports "base" using sysinstall but it started to
> download the entire ports collection, and my HD space is limited.
> 
> Is there a part of the handbook that explains how to do this?  Or is there
> a single command line I can use to cvsup the ports base?  I'm overdue.
> 

Copy /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile to someplace convienent. 
Edit it and comment the ports-all and uncomment "#ports-base" and use 
it as the command argument to cvsup.

It still sounds like you are trying to install the transmission and 
ignore the rest of the car.

Kent

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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA

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