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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:09:17 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rrzc1.rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Size of a port... 
Message-ID:  <199806180739.RAA17052@cain.gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:33:47 %2B0200." <Pine.SOL.3.90.980618092828.26102C-100000@rrzc6> 

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> You can't depend on an existing ports tree when installing compiled 
> binaries. You'll have (probably again via a tuned pkg_info) parse the 
Hmm.. good point :-/

> @depends lines of the package in question, and then go in recursively as 
> long as the package isn't already installed.
Yeah.. or recursivley get their sizes..

> > Of course we could get RPM and start there, since it has lots of the featur
> > we want already.. 
> To be honest, I've never looked at it.
> I only know that there's a book on RPM... maybe we should document the 
> *BSD ports (and packages :) system in some  book, too. :-)
Yeah, I have only had a little look myself..
Seems to have some nice ideas tho.

> > Heheh :) Yeah.. I plead sanity.. ie I'm not insane enough to know make that
> > well ;) 
> Well, here's your big chance to gain that knowledge. :)
Ahh, but I wish to remain sane!!!

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|http://www.gsoft.com.au                                            |
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