Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:33:07 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing the junk. Message-ID: <201006220833.07071.bruce@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik3Afnh3ctxTLS6aPwYyV-kQ08shh-TdWWUpzLO@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTik3Afnh3ctxTLS6aPwYyV-kQ08shh-TdWWUpzLO@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 22 June 2010 03:14:28 Randi Harper wrote: > Configure -> > Packages - There are several problems with this. > - sysinstall is obviously not meant to work with a ports tree as > big as what we've got. > - If we're going to offer the option to install a ports tree, we > shouldn't be using one that will just be overwritten should portsnap > be used. > - We should encourage users to use portsnap instead. We're being > blocked on this because something about portsnap and release bits - > I'm not sure. But I need to bug cperciva@. But packages != ports. I don't think we can require everyone to build applications from source, despite the problems with packages. -- Bruce
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