Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 20:26:43 -0500 From: John Clark <jrclark@felix.iupui.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Ports Collection -- up-to-date Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960520203115.002f4f78@felix.iupui.edu>
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Hello, It is not at all obvious how the ports collection works. I have read the handbook chapter several times, and I am battled at how the whole process works. I understand the ports collection to be a collection of software tweaked to run with FreeBSD. I ftp'ed to "ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles" and picked-up apache_1.0.5.tar.gz. I unpacked the file into /usr/ports (I had to make the "ports" directory). Upon looking through the Makefile, I saw that it was configured for Sun OS. This does not seem very "tweaked" to me. I must be missing something, I can download apache myself (from apache) and do the manual configuration. I was lead to believe that someone had already config'ed the files to run under FreeBSD, I must be missing something. Can someone fill me in on how to use the ports collection? --John [jrclark@indy.net]
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