Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 09:33:52 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question on building from sources. Message-ID: <20130330093352.58bb5539@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130330020311.GB1687@glenbarber.us> References: <CA%2BWntOt8pozDDO2ZHwhgBJeqndoXaD_kg%2BzXp28bewDdthpHVw@mail.gmail.com> <20130330020311.GB1687@glenbarber.us>
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Hi, On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:03:11 -0400 Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 09:31:12PM -0400, Super Bisquit wrote: > > I have my QuickSilver and no internet connection. I have a few > > questions. 1. Do I download the latest for PowerPC(32bit) and then > > download the sources according to the Makefile. > > For ports, yes, you will to do 'make fetch' or 'make fetch-recursive' > for third-party software you want to install. > yes. > > 3. Has anyone else done this before? If yes, then what were your > > results? > > > > It is painful. My suggestion is to identify everything you absolutely > need, and do from a separate machine with internet access: > I do this all the while as I have only random Internet connection. But I do this only for amd64. It works most of the time. Expect some returns to the machine with an Internet connection. > Note that if anything is missing, build will fail at compile time on > the internet-less machine. This should only be a problem for the ports. The sources can easily be downloaded in one go. Erich
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