Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:34:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Nilmoni Deb <ndeb@ece.cmu.edu> To: Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a port Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.1000830142923.15555L-100000@alpha> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301523210.72618-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Theo Bell wrote: > 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. In that case why doesn't the makefile give an intelligent error message such as "pkg.tar.gz not found in /usr/ports/stupid/game/hell_dir/" Atleast that saves the time of downloading a 12MB file (like netscape) for 45 minutes if the user has already downloaded it once. - Nil > > 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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