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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." 


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