Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:24:14 -0400 From: Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make makesum build deinstall reinstall ??? Message-ID: <1064607853.21310.73.camel@jake> In-Reply-To: <20030926194655.M43769@ezo.net> References: <20030926194655.M43769@ezo.net>
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--=-9a8IDzJX/sLRpvlAPToh Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 15:58, Jim Flowers wrote: > It worked great but now I would like to know more about this method. Are= =20 > these targets documented somewhere? Are there limitations/dangers/gotcha= s=20 > to watch out for? I like to use the latest stable version of application= s=20 > but the port is often 1 or more versions back. man 7 ports http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.htm= l Using makesum is generally discouraged for the end-user, as checksum verification is there as a safety precaution (to make sure you don't end up with some tampered/modified tarball).=20 --=20 Adam McLaurin <blueeskimo@gmx.net> --=-9a8IDzJX/sLRpvlAPToh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/dKBtt+DSc2Q4lGYRAhS1AJsEPD0ntEV/tyY5KZgpKpMbLxK1zwCcC7Iw UHcqssoVe4VarWtpmDQwtR4= =ZVes -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9a8IDzJX/sLRpvlAPToh--
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