Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:04:10 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.com> To: "Greg Black" <freebsd-nospam@yaxom.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war Message-ID: <784966050807032304x48b575d3jddfe3844d7196b38@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <784966050807032258n230bc0bx461b652c8ae6da71@mail.gmail.com> References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> <nospam-1215147981.49490@joker.yaxom.com> <784966050807032258n230bc0bx461b652c8ae6da71@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Rob Lytle <jan6146@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Greg Black <freebsd-nospam@yaxom.com> > wrote: > >> On 2008-07-03, Rob Lytle wrote: >> >> > > You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into >> > > /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.) >> > >> > What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option boxes are checked, or >> none >> > at all? I have never seen this explained anywhere. >> >> Instead of all this vociferous whining, how about just doing a bit of >> reading of the documentation? The ports(7) page might be a place to >> start. >> > > That would have been wonderful, groovy, etc if I had known there was a > ports page. Rob. > And another thing, just because FreeBSD is not perfect, don't blame it on me or use derogatory language. I'm not perfect either and I deserve to be treated with respect. Some day someone will search the archives and find this thread, answering their problem so they don't have to go through this miserable process like I have. It makes me less likely to use the mailing lists, more likely to delete the FreeBSD partition, and install OpenBSD which has impeccable documentation. Rob. > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.youtube.com/user/whiteflluffyclouds > (Ham radio videos) > -- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/user/whiteflluffyclouds (Ham radio videos)
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