Thanks for your response.
On Thursday 03 March 2005 16:21, Jeff With wrote: > >On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:47:02 -0500, Madhusudan Singh > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > Hi > > > > Since some of the ports I need are broken, I am thinking of installing > > those parts from source. However, is there a way to let the local ports > > hierarchy "know" that a certain package has been installed, albeit by > > other means ? > > The handbook answer.. broken ports: fix-it, gripe or find our package > from a local mirror... > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-broken.html > > .. or > > build your own package w/ pkg_create > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_create&sektion=1&apropos=0&man >path=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports Thanks for the link. I might want to do this. > > what ports you are trying to build? zope-cmfphoto for one. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"