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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:26:53 +0100
From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Subject: Re: how to test ports before submission?
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 02:08:28PM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote:
> 
> I want to install a port which is not yet in the ports tree,
> (i.e. it will not be in the INDEX either) and I do not want
> pkgdb, portupgrade, etc. to complain.

What sort of errors do you get? I do it all the time, and I only
get some warnings that can be ignored.

greets, t.