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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:59:10 -0800
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>,
	Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>,
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Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear me roar]
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:

> You dunderheads :) are all missing the point.  Why isn't there something a
> few notches above "pkg_add -r" and a few notches below knowing how to cvs=
up
> and downloading a massive, obscenely extravagant ports tree?
>=20
> Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the us=
er 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.

Kris
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