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Date:      Tue, 11 May 2004 18:47:19 +0200
From:      Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de>
To:        dvelez502@verizon.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports
Message-ID:  <20040511164719.GE34949@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
In-Reply-To: <20040511161102.EYTJ3317.out006.verizon.net@outgoing.verizon.net>
References:  <20040511161102.EYTJ3317.out006.verizon.net@outgoing.verizon.net>

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dvelez502@verizon.net wrote:
> Hi, I am running freeBSD 5.1. =20
> =20
> I read the handbook on updating the ports system. The =20
> updated ports were placed in the /home/ncvs/ports. I cd=20
> to the /home/ncvs/ports/3ddesktop. I typed the usual=20
> make install clean as root. I gotten this error message:=20
> =20
> make: don't know how to make install. Stop=20
> =20
> =20
> But, when I build from the default directory=20
> /usr/ports/package-name it compiles and install=20
> the package fine. The 33desktop is not in the=20
> /usr/ports directory, but in the /home/ncvs/ports=20
> directory. I want to install this package but I=20
> get the error above. If you can help, I surely appreciate it.=20

Hi,

sounds like you have fetched the ports-CVS collection. The easiest way
to update your ports collection in /usr/ports is to edit a copy of=20
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile and specify an appropriate CVSup
server.

Simon

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