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Subject: Re: Fwd: package vs ports question
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On Monday 27 March 2006 14:20, Norberto Meijome wrote:
> make package will actually make the package and install it for you, you
> dont need to do a pkg_add after that (yes, a bit counter-intuitive, but
> really handy)

Make package creates a package out of an installed port (it will install the 
port first, if neccessary). It doesn't install the package - there would be 
no point.