From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Nov 7 22:40:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE5D1514E for ; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 22:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id WAA47784; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 22:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 22:40:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911080640.WAA47784@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Jay Krell" Subject: Re: ports/14744: tksetathome hangs sysinstall due to lack ofemailaddress Reply-To: "Jay Krell" Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/14744; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jay Krell" To: "Brett Taylor" Cc: Subject: Re: ports/14744: tksetathome hangs sysinstall due to lack ofemailaddress Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 22:30:35 -0800 > or did the package install fail? The package install hung. I had to switch to another console and kill stuff to get /stand/sysinstall to proceed. (very similar behavior to the tk/e package install which hangs (or loops forever) asking you to accept the license agreement.) - Jay -----Original Message----- From: Brett Taylor To: Jay Krell Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sunday, November 07, 1999 2:33 PM Subject: Re: ports/14744: tksetathome hangs sysinstall due to lack ofemailaddress >Hi, > >> I just went into the Tk directory and selected everything, without >> reading what stuff was. That should work, or at least error better -- >> it just hangs. > >You're complaining about the app right, or did the package install fail? >If the pacakge install failed (which I don't get the impression it did) >then let us know. If not, then this can only be fixed by _you_ fixing >your network setup or contacting the author of the application to let it >run even wo/ a valid network setup. > >Note that this last case is ridiculous. It's like complaining that your >DNS isn't working when you haven't done any network setup. > >Tkseti depends on setiathome. As you note, it's a distributed NETWORK >application. I don't see how you can expect a NETWORK application to work >wo/ setting up your network. > >Again, this is not a problem w/ the package, but rather by you blindly >selecting tons of packages and expecting them to work. > >Can we please close this PR _unless_ it's a problem w/ the package? > >Brett >***************************************************** >Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * >Dept of Chem and Physics * >Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * >Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * >Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * >***************************************************** > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message