From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Apr 3 4:57:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-12.mail.demon.net (finch-post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9926414C85 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 04:57:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-12.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10TPxs-000GRu-0C; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:55:57 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id NAA01944; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:55:01 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id NAA00387; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:52:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:52:00 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Donald Wilde Cc: Bill Swingle , advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy Message-ID: <19990403135200.B299@marder-1.localhost> References: <11742.923052372@zippy.cdrom.com> <3704B684.9C55D77A@thuntek.net> <3704EB36.708A399B@naxs.com> <3704F2FD.F1FE13BC@thuntek.net> <19990402085354.B58046@dub.net> <3704FB5B.6DFE8E9F@thuntek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <3704FB5B.6DFE8E9F@thuntek.net>; from Donald Wilde on Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:16:11AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 02, 1999 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > we'll have an 'insert CD #3' message dialog for programs that > don't exist on CD #1. > That needs doing for pkg_add anyway. The number of packages that have dependencies on the other CD is far too many. Having to make a note of the "missing" dependencies, swap CDs, pkg_add them, change CDs and add the original package is a PITA for those who know what they're doing but it must give newbies a real headache _and_ it makes FreeBSD look bad. -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message