Subj : FreeBSD query
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Deuce
Date : Mon Jan 10 2005 12:44 pm

  Re: FreeBSD query
  By: Angus Mcleod to Deuce on Sun Jan 09 2005 23:01:00

 >  > You *can* build ports in a directory other than the default though... if 
 >  > can run arbitrary programs, you can run gcc and build ports with a differ
 >  > prefix... see man ports for more info.
 > 
 > 'ports' is not available on the system.

You can extract the ports tree anywhere you like (even in /tmp)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz

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