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Date:      Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:21:53 -0500
From:      Jeff With <jeff.wirth@gmail.com>
To:        Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sources vs. ports
Message-ID:  <5d2cf692050303132125bb8b64@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200503031547.02573.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>
References:  <200503031547.02573.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>

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>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:47:02 -0500, Madhusudan Singh
<singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> > > > wrote:
> Hi
> 
>  Since some of the ports I need are broken, I am thinking of installing those
> parts from source. However, is there a way to let the local ports hierarchy
> "know" that a certain package has been installed, albeit by other means ?

The handbook answer.. broken ports: fix-it, gripe or find our package
from a local mirror...
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-broken.html

.. or 

build your own package w/ pkg_create
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_create&sektion=1&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports

what ports you are trying to build?

- jw



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