Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 19:18:14 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FAQ Contribution Message-ID: <m0uMmSF-0005ztC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 May 1996 09:08:53 -0400." <2.2.32.19960523130853.006972e4@felix.iupui.edu> References: <2.2.32.19960523130853.006972e4@felix.iupui.edu>
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John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> wrote:
> Recently I switched from Linux to FreeBSD. Doing this allowed me to see
> some serious holes in your documentation. Probably among the worst is the
> total lack of coherent directions for using the "ports" collection. You
> have a great deal of the documentation in place for this topic in the
> handbook, however, key details are missing. Most prominently, there is NO
> mention, anywhere, that one has to type "get portname.tar.gz" to fetch the
> port subdirectory from cdrom.com.
I think an FAQ on this topic should describe how one might use the ports
directory provided on the Walnut Creek CDROM...setup a shadow symlink tree to
mounted CD or just copy the pieces you want into your /usr/ports directory.
> Where is it installed?
> ----------------------
> The patches (ports) are designed to run anywhere on the system, I think.
> However, in my experience, they work best in their default location: under
> the "/usr/ports" subdirectory.
>
> For example:
>
> How the "Apache" WWW server "port" may be installed:
>
> /usr/ports/distfiles/apache_1.0.5.tar.gz : The original distribution
> : (from: ftp.apache.org)
> ...
> Now that you have the subdirectory of the "port" tarred and gziped, you can
> unpack it in a subdirectory (preferably /usr/ports) and begin the "port"
> process. If you do not have the original distribution sources that the port
> is based upon, the "port" itself will attempt to anonymous ftp them from
> their primary site (uses "ncftp").
And so it should be noted that if you are connected directly to the Internet,
you don't need to pre-fetch the distribution into your distfiles directory (as
seems to be implied by listing it earlier).
I don't remember how I learned how to do the ports (probably just scanning
the mailing lists & newsgroups), but it is REAL slick.
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
1700 Westlake Ave N #500
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