Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:37:50 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions about packages Message-ID: <19980718133750.B11959@zappo> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980718050959.18866M-100000@localhost>; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 05:15:21AM -0400 References: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980718050959.18866M-100000@localhost>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 05:15:21AM -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > > Packages will check dependencies, but won't automatically go out, fetch, > and install them. They'll just report missing pieces to the screen as a Yes, they will go out and automatically fetch and install them. :) see pkg_add(1). I can't remember offhand all the places it checks for them. I think all it does is cut-off the current pkgname, and then append the desired one. Eg. pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-stable/All/docbook.tgz Will automatically install all the required ports (except, there is no "docbook.tgz" package, of course :). See pkg_install/add/perform.c for full docs. :) > > Please don't send me to the sources! I'm just a newbie with attitude. Oops. :) Try doing some testing, and see what it does. If you wait and bug me about, I can go check the sources for you later, but not right now. I "documented" pkg_add's auto-fetch feature, and I probably should have documented what it would try and auto-fetch at the same time... ;-) And those are ugly sources, too... <sigh> Perl has the only sources I've ever liked... -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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