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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:41:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Magnus <ambein@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports won't build
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211539220.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <E0zKbEf-0002ss-00@mail.unixg.ubc.ca>

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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Magnus wrote:

> Dear Tech supporters,
> 
> 	I realize your time is valuable and you have thousands of questions 
> to answer daily.

It's more on the order of 150/day, but I get the hyperbole. :)

> 	I managed to create a symbolic link between /usr/ports/distfiles 
> and /cdrom/ports/distfiles. I did this with the following procedure:
> 
[stuff]

The ports Make system will automatically search in /cdrom/ports/distfiles.

You deleted the error messages from the fetch procedure so I don't know
why they failed.  Perhaps the master site is down?

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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