Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:54:10 +0900 From: Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net> To: "B.Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions-en <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: parts of ports Message-ID: <20040901235151.8496.LUKEK@meibin.net> In-Reply-To: <4135E2E7.6050607@bah.homeip.net> References: <20040901153209.4064d9e8@eric.placeverte.home> <4135E2E7.6050607@bah.homeip.net>
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On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 16:55:35 +0200 "B.Hansson" <bernt@bah.homeip.net> spake thus: > messmate skrev: > > > Hi, > > is there a way to install only parts of the ports tree to set > > them up ? The ports tree takes 237M up :( > > Yes. tar -zxvf ports.tar.gz path/to/port/you/want/to/install > > That's how I did it. See to it that you have Mk, Templates and such > directorys in your /usr/ports dir. > > > > Have only 600M hd space available included swap. > > The purpose is to setup a firewall/router/proxy VERY > > secured :) > > mmmmm! > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > mess-mate There are some who might argue reasonably that the machine is more secure without the power of the ports collection installed. Possible work arounds might include hosting the ports collection on a different server and mounting via nfs when you want to use them then unmounting. HTH LukeK -- Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net>
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