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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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