Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 17:07:44 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de>, "danny@FreeBSD.ORG" <danny@FreeBSD.ORG>, jabley@patho.gen.nz, dom@happygiraffe.net, brian@awfulhak.org, nik@FreeBSD.ORG, lee@uk.freebsd.org, freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.awfulhak.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003201704280.43476-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10003201751480.20339-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, spork wrote: > On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Dominik Brettnacher wrote: > > Why do you want to use large flat files instead of a file system? The > > Ports Collection also works fine with lots of little files. I think little > > files are easier to maintain. > > Ever unpack ports? It takes forever on the fastest machines. The last > install I did, I think it took longer to install ports than the rest of > the OS... Amen! I kinda wish it would install a tarball to the HD and start a background process to unpack it... Maybe make a metaport that has just enough of the ports setup to ask for the rest. There could be a file in the dist directory with the ports tree. - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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