Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:26:18 -0300 (ADT) From: Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> To: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301523210.72618-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> In-Reply-To: <39AD4FD7.65DDDA0C@ece.cmu.edu>
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Hi, Generally when you compile a port it looks in /usr/ports/distfiles . Sometimes ports (like xemacs I believe) make their own directory in /usr/ports/distfiles. HTH Theo On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Nilmoni Deb wrote: > Hi, > Where does the port look for the tar.gz file when it gives > a message "file_name.tar.gz not found in the system" ? > > What is the path where its looking for the tar and gzipped file. > For example, for porting dvips > I tried putting dvips576.tar.gz in /usr/ports/print/dvips and its > subdirectories > but still it had to ftp the file from its ftp site. > > thanks > - Nil > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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