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Date:      Sat, 21 May 2005 18:18:31 -0700
From:      David Armour <dfarmour@myrealbox.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Subject:   Re: NEWBIE: pkg_add syntax clarification for opera 8.01?
Message-ID:  <200505211818.31536.dfarmour@myrealbox.com>
In-Reply-To: <447jhsps68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <200505201114.33106.dfarmour@myrealbox.com> <447jhsps68.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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thank you for your reply.

> > thanks for any suggestions, short of suicide. :c)
> Well, no one's likely to endorse suicide as a technical support

you've never worked in a kitchen? [i'm going to stop now, before i tromp on 
any more sensibilities.]

> It doesn't matter where the file is now that you have downloaded it.
> Traditionally they go under /usr/ports/packages, because that's where
> they are put if you build a package yourself, but the file itself

thank you. that clears that up for me. 

> contains all of the meta-information it needs to install the program

if it's possible to screw it up, i'll find the way. i could hire myself out. 
really. it's a gift. 



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