Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:57:30 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An idea about forbidden ports Message-ID: <435DC94A.1030103@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20051025002406.M911@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20051025002406.M911@odysseus.silby.com>
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Hi, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > So, would it be a useful idea to include dummy packages for FORBIDDEN > programs so that people know that they exist? When you did pkg_add -r > vmware3 have it grab a dummy package that just has a shell script that > tells the person why the package doesn't exist, suggest how to go about > installing that port, and return an error value so that the package > isn't successfully installed. > I think that this would be very helpful for beginners as they get very confused with error message they do not really understand. Erich
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