From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 17 07:18:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA26447 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:18:19 -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 HAA26240 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 07:18:10 -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 AAA12143; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:17:37 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980718001734.19076@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:17:34 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Thomas Dean Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: little package mysteries References: <19980717172059.30831@welearn.com.au> <199807171324.GAA00593@ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199807171324.GAA00593@ix.netcom.com>; from Thomas Dean on Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 06:24:38AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jul 17, 1998 at 06:24:38AM -0700, Thomas Dean wrote: > Look at 'man pkg_create' and 'man pkg_add'. I just noticed that 'man > pkg_add' on -current will close an xterm. If this happens, do it on a > console. 'man pkg_add' has a fair description of the process, under > technical details. Thanks, but I read those man pages daily for two weeks before I even dared mention it here. I have taken copious notes, puzzled over them, and tested out those parts that I wasn't sure of. I have also dissected every atom of about fifty packages to try to figure out the things I couldn't understand from the man pages, before daring to mention it here. I know about the check to see if the required packages have already been installed or not. I know that if the package is already installed it will skip that required package, and if the package has not already been installed it will try to install it. Aha, try to install it, THAT's the bit I need info on. When it tries to install another package (having first established that that other package has not already been installed), where, oh where, does it look for that package. Where does it expect the package to be physically located. Not the record of its being installed, I mean the actual package. Are you with me so far? Good, let's go on anyway. If it can't find a required package, will the installation be cancelled or will it proceed with a warning? Or could it be made to go either way, and if that is the case, what determines which way it goes? You seem to have lost the text of my original question which said this in far fewer words. I'll dig it out and repost it for you. If you do have an answer, could you please quote the question you are responding to. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message