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Date:      Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:07:24 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Linux software
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0203081306270.13361-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20020308070159.3DAF237B402@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Thomas Widlundh wrote:

> I want to thank all of You who contributed an answer to my cuestions
> in this matter. But.... If I want to install StarOffice on my fBSD
> box, and I have a CD with StarOffice for Linux, how do I do? My
> impression is that the port will make a contact with a suitable site
> and make a download.

Have a look in the port to see what file(s) it's fetching; if you stick
the appropriate files in /usr/ports/distfiles, the ports system is smart
enough to not try to fetch them twice.

-- 
jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk
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