Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:47:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: further on missing packages... Message-ID: <199806102247.PAA00872@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:42:37 %2B1000." <199806102342.QAA21630@hub.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > As a case example, a dependency is there somewhere for rzsz-3.48. > > There is no rzsz on CD's #1 or #4, #2 is live filesystem, #3 has some > patches but there is no installable package (nothing to run pkg_add on). > > That something else depends on it seems somewhat broken to me if there > is no complete package provided. rzsz can't be included (for legal reasons). However the packages which depend on it have "soft" dependancies (they can still be used, with perhaps reduced functionality) on it. The general philosophy is to depend on as much as possible, rather than as little as possible, in order to maximise the flexibility and functionality of the ports. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199806102247.PAA00872>