From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 17 00:21:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA29480 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:21:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA29474 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 00:21:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA11442; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:21:02 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980717172059.30831@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:20:59 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: little package mysteries Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Where does a package look to find the other packagages it needs that are not yet installed? How does it distinguish between another package that should be installed if available, and a package that must be installed before this one will install? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message