From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 06:04:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA481065670 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:04:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 036AE8FC17 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 06:04:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jan6146@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so985249wfg.7 for ; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=lJDA/UjCJQbH1+DpcvwNWBQpYXxqJ4qEBVgf9hpt2WQ=; b=rmAV7BDwUp50ReK+EVRayG10w1kky4E8Uir0/lTXxmbTGBRGF/sWzWDIbir59sOrCk WAXiO1DPF6quFVRscVeaiJ6hgU1xmiUWvDLs54wAO2EmqwKGx9dnDH91KAAuDGVhMn7w FBRs9FDQ5FJsi/IAy5t42Rc49BA/2ZCfSJ59c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=poX9JP+47Vce0vvJZ2IrwurFHM3U9SjOyC/+3sxH3HQeoFDt+3oDrAMTSxS8J6aRHU QNNcBmM3DzUCBLtHCOxhf0GejjfQEuL1Aa9RYkM+o8jnWY1IwKOZWL17zPfDMpciaarg fxLEMK9TACMzkdK2FMmJAjIQsVQLpnB3tKXMc= Received: by 10.142.240.9 with SMTP id n9mr115722wfh.79.1215151450208; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.107.20 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <784966050807032304x48b575d3jddfe3844d7196b38@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:04:10 -0700 From: "Rob Lytle" To: "Greg Black" In-Reply-To: <784966050807032258n230bc0bx461b652c8ae6da71@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com> <784966050807032258n230bc0bx461b652c8ae6da71@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:58:20 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:04:11 -0000 On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Rob Lytle wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Greg Black > 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)