From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 17:26:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1AA16A4CF for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:26:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 143BF43D50 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:26:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBH1QLXV074140; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:26:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id hBH1QLAi074137; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:26:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:26:21 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: richard michael bagstad In-Reply-To: <4C59B4B7-302B-11D8-A4A5-000393DC2A18@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20031216181955.Q74015@wonkity.com> References: <4C59B4B7-302B-11D8-A4A5-000393DC2A18@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frustration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:26:51 -0000 On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, richard michael bagstad wrote: > i find this frustrating. on your website (page > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports- > using.html) the following tells me that 'from cd' and 'from internet' > are exactly the same... it does not tell me the directory of (ie.) > lsof. it simply tells me to 'make install'. please help a poor green > newbie. The difference they are talking about is after you've given the 'make install' command in /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof. The ports system looks for the distfile in /usr/ports/distfiles. If you've already copied the distfile in there manually (from a CD or someplace else), it proceeds to build the port. The "internet version" is where it doesn't find the distfile in /usr/ports/distfiles. Then it uses your net connection to find one and download it. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA