Re: 'fetch' question

From: Kris Kennaway (kkenn_at_xor.obsecurity.org)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:59:56 GMT

On 2004-12-30, John Smith <jsmith@macroshaft.com> wrote:
> does anyone know how to force fetch to only use ipv4 (ie the '-4' switch)
> when doing installations from ports?
>
> (fbsd 5.3)

ports(7) and bsd.port.mk tell you about FETCH_CMD and related variables.

Kris



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