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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:47:10 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to build from ports without downloading ports
Message-ID:  <20091021004710.50f0ec54@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <4ADE1F2A.6020601@enabled.com>
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:35:54 -0700
Noah <noah-list@enabled.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I have a server with minimal disk space.  is there a way to build
> from ports without downloading ports or only downloading what is
> needed for the build and then it is removed?
> 

There's a howto here:

http://codeidol.com/unix/bsd/Keeping-Up-to-Date/Build-a-Port-Without-the-Ports-Tree/


However the ports tree is only  ~0.5GB, so you would have to be very
short of space to go to that much trouble



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