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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
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Subject: Re: Update a package
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"Gary Hartl" <ghartl@gmail.com> writes:

> So am I to understand the package tree is considered part of the ports, i've
> fetching the packages from 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/sparc64/packages-6-stable/All/
>
> I don't have a local ports tree, since i'm tight on space ( only 20gig HDD
> ).
>
> Can ports be fetched remotely? 

Sure.  pkg_add(1) has a '-r' option for fetching remotely, and
portupgrade(1) has a '-P' option to specify using packages (it will
fetch from FreeBSD servers if possible).

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Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/