Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:14:35 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.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: <868wwhhmms.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> (Rob Lytle's message of "Thu\, 3 Jul 2008 21\:26\:16 -0700") References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com>
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"Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.com> writes: > i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the > time to waste compiling. Plus, you are presented with numerous nag scree= ns > so you have to babysit the whole process. This is why there are precompiled packages on ftp.freebsd.org which you can install with 'pkg_add -r'. You can install them from any FTP mirror, actually; just point PACKAGEROOT at the mirror: export PACKAGEROOT=3Dftp://ftp.no.freebsd.org DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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