From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 14 7:53:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (mail.palmerharvey.co.uk [62.172.109.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E759414BD8 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:53:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk) Received: from ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk (unverified) by mail.palmerharvey.co.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:52:45 +0100 Received: from voodoo.pandhm.co.uk (VOODOO [10.100.35.12]) by ho-nt-01.pandhm.co.uk with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2448.0) id MKM83NBT; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:44:52 +0100 Received: from dom by voodoo.pandhm.co.uk with local (Exim 2.10 #1) id 10tYBm-00089z-00; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:58:18 +0100 To: Ipswitch Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on ports system X-Mailer: nmh-1.0 X-Colour: Green Organization: Palmer & Harvey McLane In-Reply-To: Ipswitch's message of "Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:27:53 EDT" <19990614102753.A25023@junior.apk.net> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:58:18 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 14 June 1999, Ipswitch proclaimed: > I really like the ports system, but there are times when it would be > easier to use a package. Has anyone thought about combining the ports > system with packages a bit? > > Perhaps an option like "make get" that would grab the package and install > it for you. > > I guess I just like the way that ports work and would prefer this as a > way of installing packages. You can make it fairly easy with a shell function: rpkgadd () { sudo pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/All/$1.tgz } (csh users can figure it out for themselves...) You can start to get more sophisticated than this, probably even to the point of including completion in zsh if you mirror the ls-lR file. As to adjusting bsd.port.mk - I've always been scared off by the complexity! -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Always think very hard before messing with TCP. And then don't." -- MC -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message