From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 08:31:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25545 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:31:16 -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 IAA25505 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:30:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benedict@echonyc.com) Received: from localhost (benedict@localhost) by echonyc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA05822; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:30:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:30:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: ben@rosengart.com To: Jamie Bowden cc: ben@rosengart.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-Reply-To: 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, 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