From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 07:38:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA12122 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:38:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11975 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:38:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA18753; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:38:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Darren Reed cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:31:40 +1000." <199806101431.HAA18656@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:38:00 -0700 Message-ID: <18749.897489480@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Okay...I'm installing 2.2.6 right now and I'm at the "Package Selection" > menu. Strange, I see no way to read the README.TXT file for any of these > packages. No, I haven't yet completed the installation. Yes, I'm > installing packages as part of the base install and there is no README to > RTFR on :) Bah, don't be deliberately obtuse. :-) If you're running /stand/sysinstall by hand then you obviously know enough to mount the CD and peruse its contents directly as well. If you're actually installing the CD, then you can flip over to the Emergency Holographic Shell at the first sign of trouble and say "Hmmm, I wonder if this behavior is documented anywhere", that hopefully leading you to the /dist/README file also. :-) And no, for the record, I don't consider this ideal and if you want a long and painful explanation on the whole subject then please look through Dejanews or something since I recently covered the subject in great detail over in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message