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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:57:43 -0600
From: Robert <mhi@internetmci.com>
Subject: ports
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when you type "make install" for a port
where does it look on MY system to try to find the tar.Z file??
I have the gziped tar file and it always seems to try to get it from the
ftp site.???
please email response  
thanks in advance
Robert