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Date:      Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:54:35 +1000
From:      Arseny Slobodjuck <ampy@crosswinds.net>
To:        "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Update port collection
Message-ID:  <1379.000908@crosswinds.net>
In-Reply-To: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E8707D533AE@fdntx001>
References:  <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E8707D533AE@fdntx001>

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Hello Jason,

Thursday, September 07, 2000, 3:17:39 AM, you wrote:

CJ> I though just editing the makefile with the new file and packagename would
CJ> work but it failed checksum in the now invalid MD5 file.  How to I get newer
CJ> ports...makefile, md5 and such for my ports collection?  I would rather not
CJ> have to download and burn a new ISO ever few months because ports go out of
CJ> date.

CJ> I don't have a browser on this bsd box (not that I know of anyhow) so I
CJ> can't download from www.apache.org.  I have win2k boxes that can do this but
CJ> I have also not been successful in sharing files between these machines over
CJ> my LAN.  The handbook states to load from the internet you must already have
CJ> the md5 and makefile....and it never says where to find such things.
Well, I think installing lynx (textmode web-browser) from port
collection you already have helps you to enter http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
and download new stuff. Besides textmode websurfing is funny.
You have to setup internet connection separately from lynx however.
-- 
Best regards,
 Arseny                            mailto:ampy@crosswinds.net




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