Date: 21 Feb 2001 11:51:55 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting 'make install' in ports to use wget Message-ID: <44zofgkmhg.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: aneroid@subdimension.com's message of "21 Feb 2001 17:31:07 %2B0100" References: <3A93EC16.662A9CD0@subdimension.com>
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aneroid@subdimension.com (Anirudh Dutt) writes: > i'm on a dial-up connection and am not really able to stay online long > enough to download some of the big files. (like mozilla-17mb or > gnome-applets-5mb). since wget can resume downloads, is there any way i > can get the ports 'make install' to use wget instead of ftp or whatever? You can set FETCH_CMD in make.conf, but downloading the files by hand and putting them into /usr/ports/distfiles is probably easier if human intervention is required anyway. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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