Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2000 16:03:57 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> To: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org> Cc: libh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Base Package? Message-ID: <3A2ADF6D.CB671115@acm.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012040012190.11725-100000@picard.cistron.nl>
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Another option would be to have the starting installation include some "already installed" packages. That way, you could install the basic system very quickly from a single tarfile, but with a pre-populated package database that would allow you to remove or update particular pieces very easily. Certainly, there are a lot of people who need to be able to update or manually manage some critical pieces that are currently just bundled into the core system and are thus difficult to update cleanly. E.g., perl, sendmail, bind, openssh, etc. - Tim Jeroen Massar wrote: > > Hmmm... maybe not the correct place to ask but... > > Are there any plans to make the base tar also a real package. > Essentially I would like to see the base tar like: > > base depends on: > base-binaries > base-config > sendmail > bind > opensshd > ... > > This way one won't get the clashes when one installs base (which includes > OpenSSH) and later want to add a newer version etc... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message
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