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To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>
Subject: Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 18:03:49 +0930."
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In message <199708030833.SAA13424@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Michael Smith
 writes:
>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.
>

And for an encore, find somebody who knows how to install "nvix.bms.U345621"
on an AIX 3.2.5.1 system, and have them explain how >that< works.

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