From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jul 11 2: 5:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from bazooka.unixfreak.org (bazooka.unixfreak.org [63.198.170.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D864B37B403 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:05:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@unixfreak.org) Received: from hornet.unixfreak.org (hornet [63.198.170.140]) by bazooka.unixfreak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E2E3E2F; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:05:20 -0700 (PDT) To: Johann Manaf Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Distribution sets In-Reply-To: ; from fecju@hobbiton.org on "Wed, 11 Jul 2001 03:46:32 -0500 (CDT)" Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:05:20 -0700 From: Dima Dorfman Message-Id: <20010711090520.26E2E3E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Johann Manaf writes: > How about making the distribution sets packages that you can easily remove > on your system? I find it pretty annoying when e.g. OpenSSH and/or XFree86 XFree86 is a package like you ask, not a distribution. Always has been. > comes out in a new version, and I have to remove something that pkg_info > isn't aware of. How the hell am I suppose to know where all the files are > at? You're not. You're not supposed to remove them. Just install the port of the new version. If you can't live with the fact that you might have two copies of some files--one in /usr and one in /usr/local--just install the port into /usr. This isn't recommended, but it is possible. Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message