Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:30:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> Cc: ben@rosengart.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980616112924.28728D-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980616084311.9509M-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Jamie Bowden wrote: > 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. Ha! I thought it was *new*, because I have it on my 3.0-current system but not my 2.2-stable system . . . but the 3.0 system was originally a 2.1.5 system, so pkg_manage must still be lying around from then. Sorry to introduce this pkg_manage red herring into the discussion . . . 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
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