Richard,

Thanks for pointing that out...  Appears I've been executing an additional
unnecessary step when building packages.  I'm on a cable-modem connection,
and therefore don't need to be using that step either =)

Rob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@netbsd.org]On Behalf Of Richard Rauch
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 3:00 AM
> To: Georg Schwarz; Robert D. Mohr; netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: RE: making packages with little disk space?
>
>
> A minor nit-pick: Robert D. Mohr  suggests using the seperate command:
>
>   make fetch-list | sh
>
> ...to grab distfiles.  While this works, it doesn't sound like it is
> necessary in your case, Georg.  (That you've been filling up your drive as
> make progresses suggests to _me_ that your system is able to pull down
> files as-needed.)
>
> For a system with a continuous (or on-demand) connection, to build &
> install apache (for example), just cd into the www/apache sub-directory of
> pkgsrc, and type:
>
>   make install
>
> or:
>
>   make update
>
>
> ...the advantage of using ``make fetch-list'' is that, if you have limited
> Internet access, you can grab all of the distfiles that you will need, up
> front.
>
> However, I certainly agree with Robert that building all of pkgsrc is
> probably not needed.  There's nothing wrong with buliding/installing it
> all, but I'm skeptical that it will fit on a 1.2GB drive.  (^&
>
>
>   "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com
>
>
>