From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Sep 25 9:31:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CE7314C5A; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:31:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA57533; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:32:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jobaldwi@vt.edu) Message-Id: <199909251632.MAA57533@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19990925154338.A78022@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:32:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Nik Clayton Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Rajappa Iyer Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 25-Sep-99 Nik Clayton wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 06:08:15PM -0400, Rajappa Iyer wrote: >> 4. The number of times that I've had a random bug in the >> {pre|post}{install|remove} scripts essentially render the system >> unupgradeable is not funny. I have had to go and physically >> remove >> some files and edit the package database by hand to get the >> system >> back to some sane state. > > You have sent in PRs for the ports/packages where you've had this > problem, > right? Re-read the first para of his message: -> I completely agree!! Debian's package manager is one of the most -> infuriatingly buggy piece of software that I've ever used. He's complaining about Debian's stuff, not the Ports Collection. :) > N --- John Baldwin -- http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message