From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 09:14:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA00514 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 09:14:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcpsj.pfcs.com (QyA4Lid2pQ8c+DHnWkVyA+eA20129s4S@harlan.fred.net [205.252.219.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA00509 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 09:14:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mumps.pfcs.com (mumps.pfcs.com [192.52.69.11]) by pcpsj.pfcs.com (8.8.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA29619 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:14:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by mumps.pfcs.com with SMTP id AA06844 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Sun, 3 Aug 1997 12:14:28 -0400 To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued In-Reply-To: ade@demon.net's message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 15:28:27 BST." Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 12:14:26 -0300 Message-Id: <6842.870624866@mumps.pfcs.com> From: Harlan Stenn Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk For whatever it's worth, "make" is a reasonably useful tool for checking dependencies of packages. The metaconfig package uses "make" to select and order the "units" that go into a Configure script. Similar technology could be used to select and install the right set of packages to be installed. I, for one, would like to be able to select {qmail,sendmail}, or bind[48] when it's time to install a system. I suspect there may be other similiar cases, too. H