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From: Gallagher <mgllghr@bu.edu>
To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramidi@otenet.gr>
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Subject: Re: Indexing CDs
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Giorgos,
	Isn't /usr/ports/distfiles a sym-link to the cdrom drive?  I
thought I read that on the list somewhere, but I could be wrong.  (At
work, can't check the machine right now)
	Also, copying all the dist files is a good idea, except that it
takes a lot of space.  Having the CDs indexed would prevent having to use
all that space.  But you're right, it does solve the problem.

~mike

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

> On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 08:17:04AM -0400, Gallagher wrote:
> | Hi Everyone,
> | 	I couldn't find this anywhere.  Is there any way to index the CDs
> | in the Powerpak version of FreeBSD?  What I mean is, if I go to /usr/ports
> | and make something it checks my cdrom drive for the dist files and if it
> | doesn't find it on the CD currently loaded it checks the Internet.
> 
> Why not copy all the tarballs in /usr/ports/distfiles and let the normal port
> Makefiles find them in the usual place?
> 
> --giorgos
> 
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