Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:03:58 +0100 From: Ricardo Mesquita <ricardomesquita@netcabo.pt> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <3F53A62E.4090605@netcabo.pt> In-Reply-To: <200309011938.h81JcYF14647@thistle.bogs.org> References: <200309011938.h81JcYF14647@thistle.bogs.org>
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Greg Shenaut wrote: > In nuntio <20030901132021.F11735@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us>, Chris Dillon divulgat: > >>I break as many depedencies as I possibly can out of a particular >>piece of software into separate distribution packages with their own >>dependency chains. The FreeBSD ports/packages system just happens to >>already do this to a high degree, because it is a good idea. > > > Has it ever been suggested to create one or more "dependencies" > ports (or more to the point, packages)? I think it might be pretty > useful to have something like that so that all of the "prerequisites" > can be installed at once. > > Greg Shenaut /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation ? that will install almost all deps you ever going to need =:) ricardo mesquita
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