In <https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=165158363011409&w=1>,
Sol??ne Rapenne <solene () perso ! pw> wrote
> The ports tree alone isn't helpful without Internet access so I doubt an
> argument like "I can use the tarball offline" make sense.
On the contrary, I would argue that the ports tree (unpacked from the
tarball and/or updated with CVS) *is* useful offline.
I personally often do so; my typical offline usage cases are:
* 'cat pkg/DESCR' to get a brief summary of what a port is and does
* 'less Makefile' to find out a port's current version & patchlevel
* 'cd /usr/ports; make search key=FOO' and/or
'cd /usr/ports; find . -iname '*FOO*' and/or (if I'm really desperate)
'cd /usr/ports; find . -name DESCR | xargs egrep -i FOO' or
'cd /usr/ports; find . -name DESCR | xargs agrep -i2 FOO' to see if
there are any ports that might be relevant to problem area FOO.
(There's also sqlports.) If I find anything potentially interesting
I can investigate it further/later (which likely requires being online),
but the search result itself is often useful already.
Keep safe and COVID-free,
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