From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Apr 3 8:27:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B113E14C8B for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 08:27:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-021.thuntek.net [207.66.52.21]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id JAA22644; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:25:53 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <37064093.A72D201E@thuntek.net> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 09:23:47 -0700 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Ovens Cc: Bill Swingle , advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy References: <11742.923052372@zippy.cdrom.com> <3704B684.9C55D77A@thuntek.net> <3704EB36.708A399B@naxs.com> <3704F2FD.F1FE13BC@thuntek.net> <19990402085354.B58046@dub.net> <3704FB5B.6DFE8E9F@thuntek.net> <19990403135200.B299@marder-1.localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > > we'll have an 'insert CD #3' message dialog for programs that > > don't exist on CD #1. > > > > That needs doing for pkg_add anyway. The number of packages that > have dependencies on the other CD is far too many. Having to make > a note of the "missing" dependencies, swap CDs, pkg_add them, change > CDs and add the original package is a PITA for those who know what > they're doing but it must give newbies a real headache _and_ it > makes FreeBSD look bad. > The key issue there (I think) is that some of the foundation packages are ports, not packages. I know it's a royal pain; I've been bitten many times. -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message