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Old 3rd June 2008
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Originally Posted by dctr View Post
There isn't any content obviously so I believe that's why its taking soooo long to install kde.
Can you explain this statement?

The ports tree is simply a hierarchy of makefiles, patches, & other clerical support files needed by the overall system. The ports tree does not include source code as this is downloaded separately when the port is built.

Likewise, downloading the ports tree is only useful if you intend on building ports from source. Having the ports tree installed will not help or hinder use of packages through pkg_add(8).

Again, familiarizing yourself with Section 15 of the FAQ can save you a lot of time & aggravation:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html
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