From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 23: 1:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43A8537B401 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A7743EBE for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:01:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18GZip-000Ksn-00 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:01:27 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id ED402BB0A for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:01:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 506D91854 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:01:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 5C22422596; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:01:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:01:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear me roar] Message-ID: <20021126070115.GE899@raggedclown.net> References: <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 06:59:10PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 cvsup > > and downloading a massive, obscenely extravagant ports tree? > > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user 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 Took the words right out of my mouth. Peter, these things get done by people doing them. That is the tautology of the situation. You might find your name in lights if you become that "someone" who does it. Btw you might consider the use of the "refuse" file if you wish to not download certain ports or categories of ports. I suppose if you put everything in the "refuse" file you may still get the ports framework, for whatever that is worth. My refuse file eliminates all the ports for the languages I don't speak, anything to do with palms, the new financial category and some others. Remember one of the advantages of having the tree is that by browsing the README's you may find just the program you are looking for without having to ask for it. If you are so tight on disk space you may have a problem building anything anyway. Get someone to buy you a bigger disk for Christmas :). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message