Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:58:10 -0800 From: Maslan <maslanbsd@gmail.com> To: "Garrett Cooper" <youshi10@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg_add doesn't keep dependent pkgs Message-ID: <319cceca0711061758m786918c1y2594e7a11e91d873@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4730D640.3080304@u.washington.edu> References: <319cceca0711030605m370709d1ua0c694d12dbb1766@mail.gmail.com> <47301ADA.3080509@u.washington.edu> <319cceca0711061227h6dbaf2fdib03a962aae7ddad1@mail.gmail.com> <4730D640.3080304@u.washington.edu>
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That would be great. I'll wait for the patch On Nov 6, 2007 1:01 PM, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > 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 > -- System Programmer -- I'm Searching For Perfection, So Even If U Need Portability U've To Use Assembly ;-) -- http://libosdk.berlios.de
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