Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:40:28 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why is it so hard to find information? Message-ID: <199808021040.WAA02959@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <19980802120114.W11960@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199808020157.NAA09439@cyclops.xtra.co.nz>; from Dan Langille on Sun, Aug 02, 1998 at 01:57:01PM %2B1200
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On 2 Aug 98, at 12:01, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 2 August 1998 at 13:57:01 +1200, Dan Langille wrote: > > Is anyone else finding it difficult to find information? > > > > For example, I went to install apache today. I had to search the > > mailing list archives to find a list of steps to follow in order to > > install it. That's great! > > > > But then apache reports that I must have DES first. Not a problem. But > > I've just spend two hours trying to find instructions on how to install > > DES. I've found nothing. It's so frustrating! > > > > I can't be the only one that finds this difficult to the extreme of > > frustration. I can follow instructions. If only the instructions are > > there to be found. > > If it makes you feel any better, I find the Apache documentation a > *real pain*. IMO it's a good example of how HTML is used to produce > something worse than what we had before. Well, I did it. <big grin> I gave up on the original approach, on the advice of someone in #freebsd on efnet, and tried ports. For full details of the adventure, try the following URL: http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd/apache.htm cheers. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com/freebsd : my [mis]adventures To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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