On 02 May, 2007, at 16:42, Ron wrote:
On the old Darwinports I read somewhere how to do "port install app" offline by simply downloading the "rpm" manually and putting it somewhere where the "rsync" service expected it. But I forgot exactly the details. My existing network at work has "rsync" service to the Internet blocked for some reason. Does any one recall how to do this? It wasn't that hard, I just forgot. I also have several OSX boxes that CANNOT be on the net that still need updating.
I believe the directory that is rsync'ed is, by default, /opt/local/ var/db/dports/sources/*_dpupdate1 Copying this to another machine should effectively do `port sync`. I don't know how one would do `port selfupdate` without rsync access. Also, for a machine that's not connected to the internet, you'll need the distfiles in /opt/local/var/db/dports/distfiles Chris