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Date:      Thu, 5 Aug 1999 08:24:36 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Corrado Cau <ccau@itsyn.it>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Packages
Message-ID:  <19990805082436.A78080@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <002801bedf27$c162f880$050aa8c0@0>; from Corrado Cau on Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 11:48:57AM %2B0200
References:  <002801bedf27$c162f880$050aa8c0@0>

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> 1) Can I use the 3.2 packages with FreeBSD 4.0 or am I doing a stupid thing?

Kinda.  We provide different versions at
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/ because of there are some
library difference between 3.x and 4.0.  Not to mention anything that
grubs around in the kernel.
 
> 2) In case I decide downloading the 4.0-current packages, how can I modify
> the INDEX file given I'd have to split the packages on a couple of CDs? No
> Rockridge extensions, please: I don't know how to use it.

AFAIK, you will need Rockridge extensions if you want any of the
automatic dependencies loading to work.  It isn't that hard.  Just use the
"-r" switch to ``mkisofs'' when you burn the image.

> BTW, the dependencies among packages are quite difficult to be guessed
> off-line :-)

The INDEX files tells the dependencies.
 
-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)


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