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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sgi.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: root@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Charlie &) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems installing ports Date: 18 Sep 1996 02:39:40 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <51njss$16f@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <slrn53tk55.7bd.alex@area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alex McLean (alex@area51.upsu.plym.ac.uk) wrote: : I'm a new FreeBSD sysadmin and am trying to install some ports, but am : having problems. I type make, it can't find the correct file locally so : tries to ftp it, which is fine. However, it invokes ncftp with a -N : parameter, which doesn't exist, so it fails. : The big problem is that I can't find where the port makefiles are calling : ncftp so I can defenestrate this option. Have a look in /usr/share/mk/bsd.port.mk. FETCH_CMD is set to /usr/bin/fetch by default, but may be overridden in the individual Makefiles. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....