From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 21:02:34 2007 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 7C25416A473 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A91013C4B5 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lA6L2XYG000917 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:02:33 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (cs213-59.fsmodem.washington.edu [140.142.173.60]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lA6L2Q2s011354 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:02:31 -0800 Message-ID: <4730D640.3080304@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:01:52 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Maslan References: <319cceca0711030605m370709d1ua0c694d12dbb1766@mail.gmail.com> <47301ADA.3080509@u.washington.edu> <319cceca0711061227h6dbaf2fdib03a962aae7ddad1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <319cceca0711061227h6dbaf2fdib03a962aae7ddad1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.6.123334 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: pkg_add doesn't keep dependent pkgs 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: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:02:34 -0000 Maslan wrote: >> Package dependencies may change, depending on the user settings and >> port maintainers configuration for the port (i.e. Makefiles). The same >> sort of applies to packages as well. >> Or were you referring to just packages instead of ports based >> package metadata :)? >> Or maybe a better question is: what are you trying to accomplish? >> -Garrett >> >> > > The problem is that i always try FreeBSD snapshots, and each time i > did a fresh install, i found my self in need to install xorg & gnome. > so when i use pkg_add -rK xorg or pkg_add -rK gnome, it just keeps the > package itself only without its dependencies, it would be better for > me to keep the packages i use rather than downloading them every time. > > The ports has no problem with that, since it leaves all the port > dependencies in /usr/ports/distfiles but i prefer packages than > recompiling every time i install a fresh system something like gnome > would eat my day compiling it. Hmm... that is indeed silly. Let me see if I can fire up a patch for that little issue sometime either next week or the week after to fix that. -Garrett