Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:08:43 -0500 (EST) From: Sue Bauer-Lee <sblee@eeyore.taz.tac.com> To: mfisher@harborcom.net (Mike Fisher) Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bulding new versions Message-ID: <199803030508.AAA22523@eeyore.taz.tac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980302235655.392D-100000@mfisher.harborcom.net> from "Mike Fisher" at Mar 2, 98 11:59:20 pm
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> > On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Sue Bauer-Lee wrote: > > > 'cp -vp' and 'ln -svf' to name a couple. End result, rather than fight all > > the changes, was to mount CD and run 'sysinstall'. Easy enough to do if > > you are physically at the machine and/or what's on the CD is a current > > version. > > Why is that necessary? Just grab the package (assuming that there is a > fairly current one available) from the packages directories on a friendly > FreeBSD mirror site and do a pkg_add. > > uh, cuz I already had the source package and kinda figured that I should have been able to compile and install it?? :) ----------------------------------------------------- Sue Bauer-Lee | KE4HNN PO Box 2900 | Lilburn, GA 30048 | Email: sblee@taz.tac.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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