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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swiss.ans.net!jabba.cybernetics.net!usenet From: james@hermes.cybernetics.net (James Robinson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 2.0] More CD install woes 8) Date: 19 Jan 1995 21:04:19 GMT Organization: http://hermes.cybernetics.net Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3fmk4j$scr@jabba.cybernetics.net> References: <3fnv8u$otv@tipellium.apana.org.au> Reply-To: james@hermes.cybernetics.net NNTP-Posting-Host: hermes.cybernetics.net In article <3fnv8u$otv@tipellium.apana.org.au>, miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) writes: )Just a few more gripes about the 2.0 package 8) ) )The sources for kermit and rzsz aren't on the CD; rzsz isn't on the )FTP site where the makefile goes looking for it either, as far as I )can tell. Both are covered by restrictive copyrights that prevent CD-ROM makers from including them. As for the ftp site -- no clue on that one. ) )And when the makefile goes and FTP's the files, it tries to put )them in /usr/ports/distfiles, which is a royal pain if you happen to )have it symlinked to the CD in order to make everything else work. There should be some sort of env variable that you can set to override where it throws stuff. Try WORKDIR or DESTDIR. Try running it in verbose mode to see what it references. -- : James Robinson : james@hermes.cybernetics.net ::See the screaming hot black :FreeBSD|XFree86 :The best things in life are Free:: steaming iridescent : Frank Zappa : Music is the best ::naughahyde python screaming : HTTP Server : http://hermes.cybernetics.net/ :: steam roller!