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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 04:02:34 -0600 (MDT)
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To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
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Subject: Re: Debian apt-get and FreeBSD
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Mike Meyer wrote:

> You can get the package name out of the port:
>
> 	su-2.04# pwd
> 	/usr/ports/shells/bash1
> 	su-2.04# make -V PKGNAME
> 	bash-1.14.7
> 	su-2.04#
>
> So the single command you want in the ports tree is:
>
> 	pkg_add -r `make -V PKGNAME`

Ah, excellent. Thank you very much.


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