From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Jul 10 4:54:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A04737B400 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 04:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spielberg.vip.uk.com (spielberg.vip.uk.com [194.176.218.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A611343E4A for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 04:54:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mtm98@linuxdriven.net) Received: from modem-95-46-60-62.vip.uk.com ([62.60.46.95] helo=uriel.fakedomain.net) by spielberg.vip.uk.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 17SFQZ-0002Fq-00 for arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:14:39 +0100 Received: from uriel.fakedomain.net (mtm98@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by uriel.fakedomain.net (8.12.5/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g6ABrftx014108 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:53:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mtm98@uriel.fakedomain.net) Received: (from mtm98@localhost) by uriel.fakedomain.net (8.12.5/8.12.3/Submit) id g6ABrRT5014107 for arch@freebsd.org; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:53:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mtm98) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:53:26 +0100 From: Michael McGoldrick To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package system flaws? Message-ID: <20020710115326.GA8843@uriel.fakedomain.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As a dialup user with limited space, having the package system tell me how much it needed to download in advance would be very handy, as would automatic 'regetting' if my connection goes down. As regards ports 'plists', the way the Stow program does things is interesting. It simply builds each port under it's own directory, then symlinks it in from the relevant directories under $PREFIX. -- Michael McGoldrick: mmcgoldrick@linuxdriven.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message