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Date:      Sat, 2 Aug 1997 18:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org>
To:        Ade Lovett <ade@demon.net>
Cc:        hoek@hwcn.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports-current/packages-current discontinued 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.970802185600.1324B-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <E0wumRi-0000B3-00@genghis.eng.demon.net>

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On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Ade Lovett wrote:

> Example 2:
> 	I want to install a full FreeBSD binary system (lets say
> 	2.2.2-RELEASE).  The actual initial install process only
> 	installs a minimal system, but then also has an "extras"
> 	/binary package, which builds nothing itself, but has a whole
> 	host of dependencies for perl/binary, tcl/binary etc.. etc..
> 	which it then proceeds to install from ftp, cdrom, floppy etc.

Basically, we have this already modulo a idealisms you threw in.
:)  Your example #2 is the meta-port concept that I mention.  A
couple new features in bsd.port.mk would be wanted, but the major
groundwork is laid in the existing ports system.


--
Outnumbered?  Maybe.  Outspoken?  Never!
tIM...HOEk




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