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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: pkg_add INDEX help
Date: 23 Feb 1997 21:55:17 GMT
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"Stephen Hilton" <schmit@discover-net.net> wrote:

> I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.6 and need some assistance in setting up a
> directory structure and INDEX file for package installs from my /usr file
> system. The combinations of paths etc..

Basically, you can run `make index' in /usr/ports.  Of course, you
need to remove those lines from the resulting INDEX where you haven't
packages for, if your intention is to only present pre-compiled
packages.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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