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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml index 3fc0532..43bb9e7 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/ports.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.14 1996/10/04 22:54:10 wosch Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: ports.sgml,v 1.15 1996/10/23 09:05:24 asami Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect><heading>The Ports collection<label id="ports"></heading> @@ -655,6 +655,18 @@ For all the tarballs for a single ports directory, do and for just one port - well, I think you've guessed already. <item> +Q. I know it's probably faster to fetch the tarballs from one of the +FreeBSD mirror sites close by. Is there any way to tell the port to +fetch them from servers other than ones listed in the MASTER_SITES? +<p> +A. Yes. If you know, for example, ftp.FreeBSD.ORG is much closer than +sites listed in MASTER_SITES, do as following example. +<verb> + # cd /usr/ports/directory + # make MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/ fetch +</verb> + +<item> Q. I want to know what files make is going to need before it tries to pull them down. <p> @@ -740,11 +752,6 @@ And it'll tell you:- </verb> <item> -Q. Nope, that's still too complicated. -<p> -A. Do 'pkg_manage' to get a friendly front-end to the package manager. - -<item> Q. Talking of disk space, the ports directory seems to be taking up an awful lot of room. Is it safe to go in there and delete things? <p> |
