From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 29 10:58: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7029D37B400 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:58:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236B743E6A for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:58:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B53E128B90 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:58:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:58:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: To: FreeBSD LIST Subject: pkg_add -r instantworkstation Message-ID: <20020729135312.I45000-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG {Just kidding, I realize that's probably not the right command.} But to address a recent followup about such a package pleasing only a tiny minority... why not create a simple /bin/sh shell script that is highly interactive (possibly to the point of overdoing it)? It could begin by offering the user to set certain environment variables to "X"? [y/n] Then it would proceed to prompt for each pkg_add command line to run, and if the user did not want a certain package, they'd hit 'n.' PS: Now that got me thinking about a simple shell script to give newbies an interactive taste of how to cvsup (cvs?), and tour of features! :) -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message