From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Sep 5 13: 1:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F55E37B400; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from procyon.firepipe.net (procyon.firepipe.net [198.78.66.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F51A43E77; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:01:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from will@csociety.org) Received: by procyon.firepipe.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F399D2145B; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:59:45 -0700 From: Will Andrews To: Wes Peters Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: package tools into ports/ (was: Re: Bzipped?) Message-ID: <20020905195945.GP96003@procyon.firepipe.net> Mail-Followup-To: Wes Peters , ports@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020901142653.A32415@capable.rogards.com> <20020901191937.GI87971@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20020902103215.36ae8e3b.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20020902085654.GH2072@procyon.firepipe.net> <3D7445D3.DAA2C9B9@softweyr.com> <20020903100258.068fb3ab.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> <20020903121413.GN2072@procyon.firepipe.net> <3D77B507.1D45EDF2@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D77B507.1D45EDF2@softweyr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:48:23PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > Please see NetBSD for an example that they have done for 4 years. > > It's such a great idea I'm not sure why nobody in FreeBSD did it. > > Because it's not the right answer. It's almost the right answer, > one more step and you'll be able to see it. > > Yes, I know what the answer is, but I want *you* to get there too, to > validate my thinking. Hint: /var/db/pkg... Nope. Sorry, not ringing any bells. :-) -- wca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message