Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 18:03:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued Message-ID: <199708030833.SAA13424@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199708030052.KAA17855@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> from David Nugent at "Aug 3, 97 10:52:41 am"
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David Nugent stands accused of saying: > > > >Now the obvious "answer" is to somehow integrate ports with things > >that depend on it in /usr/src > > No, wrong answer, imho. This makes things way too complex. You misunderstand Jordan's point. May I humbly suggest that you find an Irix weenie that knows their way around the system, and ask them to explain the inner workings of 'inst'. Then come back to the discussion with some new ideas. I emphasise the "knows" criteria above; said Irix weenie will need to be able to explain how interdependancy and death-hug mutual dependancy is handled, and preferably have built products using it. 'inst's user interface sucks; don't spend any time worrying about that; focus on the basic concepts. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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