Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:10:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Brett Neely <support@cdrom.com> To: Magnus <ambein@mail.unixg.ubc.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports won't build Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980921130942.19276B-100000@pike.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <E0zKbEf-0002ss-00@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
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> I managed to create a symbolic link between /usr/ports/distfiles
> and /cdrom/ports/distfiles. I did this with the following procedure:
Hi,
You might want to take a look at the online handbook at www.freebsd.org
and see the documentation for compiling the ports. You will see that
there is an alternate "mount" command you should use to help your system
find the distribution files.
> # bash
> # mount -t cd9660 /dev/matcd0a /cdrom
> # cd /cdrom/ports/distfiles
> # mkdir -p /usr/ports/distfiles
> # for i in *; do
> > ln -s $i /usr/ports/distfiles/$i
> > done
> # cd /usr/pots/editors/staroffice
> # make [or make install]
Hope this helps.
Brett Neely
Technical Support Staff
Walnut Creek CDROM
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