From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 10:08:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA12600 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:08:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from news.IAEhv.nl (root@news.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12592 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:08:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@bowtie.nl) Received: from LOCAL (uucp@localhost) by news.IAEhv.nl (8.8.8/1.63) with IAEhv.nl; pid 27883 on Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:08:21 GMT; id RAA27883 efrom: marc@bowtie.nl; eto: UNKNOWN Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA28335; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@bowtie.nl) Message-Id: <199806161707.TAA28335@nietzsche.intra.bowtie.nl> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: ben@rosengart.com cc: Jamie Bowden , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-reply-to: benedict's message of Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:30:39 -0400. Reply-to: marc@bowtie.nl Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:30 +0200 From: Marc van Kempen 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 . . . > > I originally wrote pkg_manage, but have always been under the impression that it had been replaced by something better (I never used the package install option from sysinstall), perhaps I should have checked ;-). But if anyone wants to build on pkg_manage, be my guest, I can even dig up the sources if you want to. Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ---------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message