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Old 17th June 2008
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Originally Posted by aleunix View Post
...How can download only the branch i386?
You do not understand the ports system.

The ports tree does NOT contain 3rd party software; each port within the tree only contains the "scaffolding" to build packages. Ports contain information to download sources, checksum, extract, patch, configure, build, test, conduct a fake installation, assemble packages from the fake installation, and install the packages. The same tree is used with all seventeen architectures.

Read FAQ 15. Pay very close attention to FAQ 15.4.1 -- you desire to run a -current package on a -release system, which is unsupported.

Last edited by jggimi; 17th June 2008 at 11:13 AM. Reason: clarity
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