Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:21:53 -0500 From: Jeff With <jeff.wirth@gmail.com> To: Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sources vs. ports Message-ID: <5d2cf692050303132125bb8b64@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200503031547.02573.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> References: <200503031547.02573.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>
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>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:47:02 -0500, Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > 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 ? The handbook answer.. broken ports: fix-it, gripe or find our package from a local mirror... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-broken.html .. or build your own package w/ pkg_create http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_create&sektion=1&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports what ports you are trying to build? - jw
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