Date: 26 Nov 2002 18:07:57 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear me roar] Message-ID: <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.50.0211252145020.26262-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > > You dunderheads :) are all missing the point. Why isn't there something a > > few notches above "pkg_add -r" and a few notches below knowing how to cvsup > > and downloading a massive, obscenely extravagant ports tree? > > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user with: > > Hello, which port would you like? > > No reason. > > Progress happens when someone sits down and does the work. Perhaps > this would be a good project for you to learn more about the workings > of FreeBSD. Alternatively, he could convince someone else to do it. I could be convinced for, say $500, but other people might be influenced by other forms of persuasion. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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