Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:41:02 -0800 (PST) From: Brian <bri@brianwhalen.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering Message-ID: <20071203103839.X6464@numail.brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: <475449B9.1010002@gmail.com> References: <200712030308.32301.david@vizion2000.net> <3BC04A18-86CD-4A93-831A-691EBD8D4A43@FreeBSD.org> <47543109.3050303@gmail.com> <7957A7E2-3ADA-4BD5-934C-F10A1F08F72F@FreeBSD.org> <47544020.5090605@gmail.com> <ADB6E4A8-DDA2-4C0A-A5E1-EF9A45A53753@FreeBSD.org> <47544727.9030209@gmail.com> <34531C67-A2F9-48DB-8161-34593AC0C481@FreeBSD.org> <475449B9.1010002@gmail.com>
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Here is a simple example of where improvement would be good. I add a package the easiest way I know on a slow system. mybox# pkg_add -r dnetc Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/dnetc.tbz... Done. => Added group "dnetc". => Added user "dnetc". *************************************************************************** Note: dnetc has been installed with a sample configuration. To change this run: /usr/local/distributed.net/dnetc -config *************************************************************************** So now, if I follow the instructions, I still dont have a running program. I haven't been told I need dnetc_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf, and the one I should run to start it is in /usr/local/etc/etc/rc.d, I would never infer that from the above if I were a novice user. Additionally, pkg_add -r will often also give an out of date package. Brian
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