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And what does make index do ?

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:10:33 -0700, Brooks Davis
<brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:
> [This has NOTHING to do with amd64.]
> 
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:54:09AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > Is there a config file were i can chose a ftp mirror server ?
> 
> Add something like the following to your /etc/make.conf to cause the
> ports collection to try a freebsd mirror server before other locations:
> 
> MIRROR_PREFIX?=file://localhost/mirrors/ftp/pub
> MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=${MIRROR_PREFIX}/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
> 
> This example shows using an NFS mount of a local mirror as the default.
> 
> > Does the ports system use perl or is perl needed to use ports ? If so, why ?
> 
> "make index" requires perl because no one has stepped up and produced a
> better solution.
> 
> -- Brooks
> 
> --
> Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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