From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 04:38:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 437DA1065676 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:38:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6128FC19 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 04:38:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so965403wfg.7 for ; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:38:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=U3uuSj89k648vIGYMtB86zy8DW93EnWR1AzdGWZyKU4=; b=XFYtkXS8BoB5PLOqBiy2epZ1QBJ2wEEGXir7efCj/XxU3HW5pQQ/kOQAWfqhrZ43C9 GWfGh/2hMha6R1TKY9ZtOeYT//ev1lv8qEz0Bsg/MdJDzFBIKVtW2NVp36avsK4CSdv1 FOk7wAvYEFDhyW4MrZARmPyB2Gkj10Qb97zvs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=e85qGRk/euMlegi86GURceDNjAG19XPqMzk//KHc2HbLa4H8KUdTuyUkE95Hlqb59Q 2CuL8JymahANYyXG5jMqkVEpVxJ9nIPYmfl4F5aOcR0bjCKSk43LoNi7Fx7rUWWAVlhv w+0VzzvPwO4w3QljIyYmpbiswb56Ev0kns6XM= Received: by 10.143.18.21 with SMTP id v21mr107370wfi.185.1215146333511; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:38:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.107.20 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:38:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:38:53 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" To: "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" In-Reply-To: <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:50 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:38:54 -0000 On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith < stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote: > Rob Lytle wrote: > >> Hi Kevin, >> >> The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt >> that >> its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done. >> >> I use portupgrade for all ports. >> >> i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the >> time to waste compiling. Plus, you are presented with numerous nag >> screens >> so you have to babysit the whole process. >> > > You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into > /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.) What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option boxes are checked, or none at all? I have never seen this explained anywhere. Rob -- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/user/whiteflluffyclouds (Ham radio videos)