Re: missing ports.tar.gz in snapshot

[Fritjof Bornebusch]

> Quoting Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org>:
> 
> >> is there a reason, why there is no ports.tar.gz in the latest  
> >> snapshot folder?
> >
> > At present, it is not being built in the ftp area any more.
> >
> > I'd like to ask.  Does anyone find it useful?  It is not in sync with the
> > packages beside it.
> >
> >
I thought the packages are being build from the ports tree or am I wrong?
>
> Hi Theo,
> 
> Sometimes, when a dependency package is missing in snapshots or when  
> the package itself does not work; I have used ports.tar.gz to build  
> the package and test it. This has helped me with testing openldap.  
> qemu, and horde.
> 
> I suppose this could also be done with cvsync etc., so this is not a  
> request to have ports.tar.gz; but it has been useful.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vijay
> 
> Vijay Sankar, M.Eng., P.Eng.
> ForeTell Technologies Limited
> vsan...@foretell.ca
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