From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 05:58:22 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 CB3D71065687 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:58:22 +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 96A158FC1A for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 05:58:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so983686wfg.7 for ; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:22 -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=YhCQPadCXOvRmIvYawgdW3v2OJSl9Bk9lj+imuqIkKw=; b=pKivR2/oHMP6ByAxiMwlpMDmLH3Cyt4MKIEQHwx/IjqmYzzriYl8zzsY1uBWIj6eWD C6dm47yoREhs7KJSsjeHIUUQ93HYZtyKRXKWiVNchzXTivb39E/ZYClJgHsCJLLYFVLA L+gTRK5E1/fqtujbtmmqvDKdDmg60gA4dedmg= 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=czngo1qrlp4LDyYvHkVAXxfuya9k77jZV7vzjcEiMdyYumx1ttjNWkSp+IXqsvNyTW yERJCb+jklHuCi+fZXDe/CVjhZ2o31UmJCy+qN2FdGyhfvE68L+7elQ7JCRT323SE5CI ERUfMOoUp20OuJOgU80ZGi/xcvp1vIXqD5gFc= Received: by 10.142.142.14 with SMTP id p14mr114615wfd.104.1215151102196; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.107.20 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:58:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <784966050807032258n230bc0bx461b652c8ae6da71@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:58:22 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" To: "Greg Black" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:59:47 +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 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 05:58:23 -0000 On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Greg Black wrote: > On 2008-07-03, Rob Lytle wrote: > > > > 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. > > Instead of all this vociferous whining, how about just doing a bit of > reading of the documentation? The ports(7) page might be a place to > start. > That would have been wonderful, groovy, etc if I had known there was a ports page. Rob. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/user/whiteflluffyclouds (Ham radio videos)