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List:       openbsd-ports
Subject:    Re: ports & /distfiles
From:       "Bob McIlvaine" <suemac () empire ! net>
Date:       2004-04-19 20:09:24
Message-ID: 4083F9B4.5649.2117CA () localhost
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All well and good if the packages exists...I couldn't find one 
for xcdroast.

So, I had to do them all.

And, unless the dependencies are on the machine...they 
have to come from distro as well...

> Bob McIlvaine wrote:
> 
> >I have read bsd.port.mk(5). As with most of the man 
pages, it 
> >assumes much prior knowledge. Even with my trusty 
O'reily 
> >make book, it left me un-inspired.
> >
> >CROM_SITE is great...if you can figure out where to point 
it 
> >to. Best as I can tell the dists are not included on the CD 
set, 
> >as mentioned by Paul.
> >
> >  
> >
> No they are not on the cd sets. Some Packages are 
though.
> 
> >So, I guess what this implies is that, if you are installing 
on a 
> >machine with no way to access the Internet, you have to 
get 
> >to a machine that does, download all the distfiles, put 
them 
> >on CD...then, sit down at the un-connected machine and 
> >hope you got all the right versions.
> >
> >  
> >
> Yes. What's wrong with using the pre-compiled and built 
packages that 
> are on the cd sets? If your missing a package or 2 then it's 
just a 
> matter of downloading those.
> 
> Ports produce packages, that's the whole idea of ports. If 
people are 
> not going to use packages then why do we bother 
producing and vaguely 
> testing them?
> 
> >I just used ports, on a connected machine, to install 
xcdroast. 
> >It worked fine...but it used a lot of phone time at 50kbs!
> >
> >Mac
> >
> >  
> >
> packages may say you time at 56K.
> 
> Ian McWilliam.
> 


Bob "Mac" McIlvaine
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