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Date:      Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:52:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
To:        Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Installing CD packages to HD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009051649030.45026-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
In-Reply-To: <200009051426.KAA05406@sanson.reyes.somos.net>

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On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> I now have a computer with enough HD to copy all packages that
> come on the 4.1 CD
> How do I go about it? My only concern are the indexes. I know I
> could just copy the files, but I am concerned that the packages
> may not be right if I just copy.

If you really want - this loop should do:

cd /cdrom/packages/All
foreach pkg ( *.tgz )
pkg_add $pkg
end

> Also where are the "distfiles" for the ports? Where these
> replaced by the packages?

No; the "distfiles" are on CD #4.

Regards

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