Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 05:16:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions about packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720050811.685A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19980720190302.26824@welearn.com.au>
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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > work at all if pkg_add is fixed. Now I want more: some control over how > pkg_add runs without giving pkg_add the final say on failure of the > whole kaboodle over some trivial or essential dependency, more The idea of soft-dependencies would be useful for the ports system, too, actually... The one thing about using a package is that it does potentially integrate with sysinstall better. IMHO, it's probably not needed. > > Well, I did try to tell you where it looks... :) > > I wasn't convinced... I gave unpredicted examples... and then you > agreed and said but don't trust it :-) Standard cover-my-back disclaimer. :) > > Well, those packages are allowed to assume reasonable competency and > > reasonable setup on the behalf of the user, which really solves the > > whole problem... :) > > Oh, right, I misunderstood. I thought the xcontest was to come up with > an easy setup for a new user's first encounter with FreeBSD. I presume it will eventually be an "easy" (hehe :) setup for a new user, but for now, the package only really needs to work for the judges. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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