how to fetch again a port from port distribution (ftp site)?

Sahil Tandon sahil at tandon.net
Mon Jan 1 21:51:03 PST 2007


VeeJay wrote:

> I was trying to install mysql from port collection. But during downloading
> port from port distribution, my internet connection got broken for few
> minuts...
> 
> now when I run make again... it tries to compile uncomplete downloaded src
> 
> how can I get rid of this pre-fetched src, remove it and
> 
> how to fetch again a port from port distribution (ftp site) when src is
> already downloaded once?

Go into the port's directory and 'make distclean'; this will remove the 
sources you downloaded in /usr/ports/distfiles.  Then just 'make 
install' to build again.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net>


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