Sources vs. ports

[Jeff With]

>On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:47:02 -0500, Madhusudan Singh
<singh.madhusudan at gmail.com> > > > 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&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports

what ports you are trying to build?

- jw