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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Where is cvsup? (Was: Re: Upgrading)
Date: 26 Jun 1997 14:40:19 -0700
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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In article <5oum1f$5p9$2@nntp2.ba.best.com>, Zenin  <zenin@best.com> wrote:
>John Kelly <mouth@ibm.net> wrote:
>	Back to /usr/src, is there a way to only d/l, build, and install
>	the packages I have installed?  It seems like if I d/l the entire
>	/usr/src tree that make world will build and install all of it.  Is
>	this true, or is it smart enough to only build what's already
>	installed?
>	Yes, I could only d/l what I have installed, but there must be some
>	kind of automatic way to do this, no?

Um, /usr/src only contains the operating system.  It doesn't contain
any packages/ports/third-party software.

rone
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