From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 12 20:50:10 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 20:50:08 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sanson.reyes.somos.net (freyes.static.inch.com [216.223.199.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D8AB37B400 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:50:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from zoraida.reyes.somos.net (zoraida.reyes.somos.net [10.0.0.15]) by sanson.reyes.somos.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA75938; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:44:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:53:25 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes To: cam Cc: James Raftery , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packages rather than ports In-Reply-To: <20001212091636.05d0db3c.cam@bsdfr.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On a previous post.. > > Running /stand/sysinstall gives a very useable interface to installing > > packages. > > james But doesn't always handle dependencies. For example xfce would not install from package due to missing dependencies, but worked fine from ports. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message