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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2001 12:10:28 -0700
From:      Larry Sica <lsica1@home.com>
To:        David Huff <david@ti.com>
Cc:        Virtual Bob <hey9811@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree86 4.0 for Dummies ?
Message-ID:  <20010513121028.A47680@cx408168-b.escnd1.sdca.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010507154837.O11494@armadillo.itg.ti.com>; from david@ti.com on Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:48:37PM -0500
References:  <20010507141854.J11494@armadillo.itg.ti.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105071510220.4721-100000@kristen.shadowdale.net> <20010507154837.O11494@armadillo.itg.ti.com>

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On Mon, 07 May 2001 at 15:48:37 -0500, David Huff wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:11:44PM -0500, Virtual Bob wrote:
> > 
> > If in doubt, manually download whatever it needs to /usr/ports/distfiles.
> > That subdirectory is the first place MAKE looks for when you're compiling
> > within the /usr/ports tree.
> 
> Ahhhh...and that's the $1000 question: "Manually download exactly which
> files ?" (perhaps this list of files it's looking for is in the Makefile ?
> sorry, but I'm used to installing binary packages under FreeBSD - tho' I
> have compiled stuff from source under Linux and Solaris from time to time)
look in the followign file for names:

distinfo in the correct port directory or the Makefile which may contain
further information

The Makefile can also give you hints on where to download from as well
as /etc/defaults/make.conf

--Larry

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