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From: Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Sources vs. ports
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Hi

 Since some of the ports I need are broken, I am thinking of installing those 
parts from source. However, is there a way to let the local ports hierarchy 
"know" that a certain package has been installed, albeit by other means ?

Thanks.