Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 18:18:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Konstantin Chuguev <joy@urc.ac.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_add from FTP repositary Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980407174116.202A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <352A10E7.7DF57494@urc.ac.ru>
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On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Konstantin Chuguev wrote:
> I'm using a URL as a parameter for pkg_add. But then I cannot
> automatically install the packages which the first one depends on.
> PKG_PATH is used only for local files. Of course, it is correct, because
> searching files in FTP site is expensive.
Have you actually tried this? pkg_add(1) is supposed to be able
to automatically fetch dependencies over FTP based on the
original URL you pass it. I think you need to have all of the
packages in the same directory, though.
--
tIM...HOEk
OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
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