From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 18:28:10 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 E5FDB37B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:28:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4255243EA9 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:28:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE20D327FD; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:28:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.7) id 26892-1BDEBA3D; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:28:07 -0500 Received: from earl-grey.cloud9.net (earl-grey.cloud9.net [168.100.1.1]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E344327FA; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:28:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 21:28:07 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich X-X-Sender: pete@earl-grey.cloud9.net To: Lowell Gilbert Cc: Kris Kennaway , FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear my $500] In-Reply-To: <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: References: <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Organization: Video2Video Services - http://Www.Video2Video.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.7; VAE: 6.16.0.0; VDF: 6.16.0.22; host: russian-caravan.cloud9.net) 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 On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Kris Kennaway writes: > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user with: > > > Hello, which port would you like? > > > > No reason. > > > > Progress happens when someone sits down and does the work. Perhaps > > this would be a good project for you to learn more about the workings > > of FreeBSD. > > Alternatively, he could convince someone else to do it. I could be > convinced for, say $500, but other people might be influenced by other > forms of persuasion. $500 is pretty steep, even if it IS for a priceless utility! Negotiable? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder, Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message