Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:26:21 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: richard michael bagstad <aeshmadeva@earthlink.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frustration Message-ID: <20031216181955.Q74015@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4C59B4B7-302B-11D8-A4A5-000393DC2A18@earthlink.net> References: <4C59B4B7-302B-11D8-A4A5-000393DC2A18@earthlink.net>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, richard michael bagstad wrote: > i find this frustrating. on your website (page > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports- > using.html) the following tells me that 'from cd' and 'from internet' > are exactly the same... it does not tell me the directory of (ie.) > lsof. it simply tells me to 'make install'. please help a poor green > newbie. The difference they are talking about is after you've given the 'make install' command in /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof. The ports system looks for the distfile in /usr/ports/distfiles. If you've already copied the distfile in there manually (from a CD or someplace else), it proceeds to build the port. The "internet version" is where it doesn't find the distfile in /usr/ports/distfiles. Then it uses your net connection to find one and download it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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