Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 04:39:46 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Guy Harrison <gfh@swampdog.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick ports question Message-ID: <20140706043946.aaf8722f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201407060244.34802.gfh@swampdog.co.uk> References: <201407060244.34802.gfh@swampdog.co.uk>
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On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 02:44:34 +0100, Guy Harrison wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I've just downloaded FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso & noticed it's > failing to fetch from /usr/ports/distfiles/.. > > #cd /usr/ports/shells/bash > #make install clean > > ..but then going to the package source site(s). It's been a while (version 8 > at least) since I've done this. Just wanted to verify this is normal > behaviour? This is correct. If the required source files (tarballs or other archives) are present in the correct version located in /usr/ports/distfiles, they will be extracted and used. If not (usually like after the installation), they will be fetched and stored in /usr/ports/distfiles (for possible later use, for example when you rebuild a port after a "make clean"). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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