From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 05:45:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA28988 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 05:45:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA28974 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 05:45:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id IAA11112; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:45:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:45:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: ben@rosengart.com cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Snob Art Genre wrote: > I don't understand why you think "newbies" can't install packages except > in sysinstall. Why not put a pointer to pkg_manage in the default > /etc/motd, or something like that? Pkg_manage even *looks* like > sysinstall. I believe 2.1.0-R was the last release to ship with pkg_manage. I seem to recall Jordan ripping it out and issuing a famous rant on how much he hates the entire package management/sysinstall system in it's current incarnation. Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message