Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 01:06:04 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, MSILVER@scana.com Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie packages Message-ID: <200011012306.eA1N64j01353@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <006101c0437f$2e745f60$837e03cb@dougy>
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> From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:11:47 +1000
>
> I wasn't aware it was in ports ..... but then isn't that what this
> whole thread is about ?? There appears to be a HEAP of stuff
> in packages / ports / wherever without sufficient explanation of
> what the thing does.
Yeah, well, you are right here. And /usr/ports/INDEX is not my idea of a
newbie-friendly table of contents.
By reading /usr/ports/Makefile I can tell that the command
# cd /usr/ports ; make readme
will get me my list of usual README.html's, but this is definitely not
something that a newbie will easily find out about. And /usr/ports/README
does not mention it, at all.
Anybody else feeling the send-pr coming? :-)
- giorgos
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