From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 08:20:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA23312 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:20:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from echonyc.com (echonyc.com [198.67.15.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA23297 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:20:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost (benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA02298; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:19:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:19:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: ben@rosengart.com To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: ben@rosengart.com, Sue Blake , Darren Reed , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-Reply-To: <4721.897984025@time.cdrom.com> 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, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > 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. > > What's pkg_manage? I can't seem to find it on my -stable system at work, and I can't connect to my machine at home at the moment. It's a sysinstall-style CUI app that performs various pkg-related activities: (un)installation, preview, etc. > I await the details and first implementation of your design, oh > maintaining one. :) No design necessary, just a prominent pointer to pkg_manage somewhere, or perhaps Sue Blake's idea of dumping the user into pkg_manage as soon as sysinstall completes (perhaps "do you want to install packages now?" if yes, launch pkg_manage, if no, "you can install them later using pkg_manage"). Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message