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> > Has it ever been suggested to create one or more "dependencies"
> > ports (or more to the point, packages)?  I think it might be pretty
> > useful to have something like that so that all of the "prerequisites"
> > can be installed at once.

> /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation ?

Well, in theory:

	cd /usr/ports; make install clean

should do it. Not that I recommend you actually try this ...

--lyndon