FreeBSD ports

[Simon Barner]

dvelez502 at verizon.net wrote:
> Hi, I am running freeBSD 5.1.  
>  
> I read the handbook on updating the ports system. The  
> updated ports were placed in the /home/ncvs/ports. I cd 
> to the /home/ncvs/ports/3ddesktop. I typed the usual 
> make install clean as root. I gotten this error message: 
>  
> make: don't know how to make install. Stop 
>  
>  
> But, when I build from the default directory 
> /usr/ports/package-name it compiles and install 
> the package fine. The 33desktop is not in the 
> /usr/ports directory, but in the /home/ncvs/ports 
> directory. I want to install this package but I 
> get the error above. If you can help, I surely appreciate it. 

Hi,

sounds like you have fetched the ports-CVS collection. The easiest way
to update your ports collection in /usr/ports is to edit a copy of 
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile and specify an appropriate CVSup
server.

Simon
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