Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:11:39 -0500 From: Madhusudan Singh <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sources vs. ports Message-ID: <200503042311.39637.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5d2cf692050303132125bb8b64@mail.gmail.com> References: <200503031547.02573.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com> <5d2cf692050303132125bb8b64@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for your response. On Thursday 03 March 2005 16:21, Jeff With wrote: > >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&man >path=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports Thanks for the link. I might want to do this. > > what ports you are trying to build? zope-cmfphoto for one.
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