Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:19:08 +0000 (GMT) From: freebsd-questions account <question@namodn.com> To: Bob <bjg@otherspace.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.8 packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981202171730.14712C-100000@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <199812022351.PAA22507@hub.freebsd.org>
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Bob - If you're browsing packages that are on ftp.freebsd.org, why not use the http interface http://www.freebsd.org/ports ? Gets updated, and is just an all around nicer interface than sysinstall (IMHO) :) -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( mailto : robert@namodn.com ) On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Bob wrote: > Is there a buggie in the 2.2.8 distribution's canned software packages? > > If I start /stand/sysinstall, and go to "configure installed system/add > packaged software" section, and source is ftp.freebsd.org, the menu of > available apps seems to be "not right". Most entries are "no description > provided", some apps are listed twice, right on top of each other, (the > library for pidentd is one example) , the xview3.2.1 stuff wouldn't > install, it couldn't find files to satisfy dependancies... I've used the > past few releases of FreeBSD, and that just looks whacked to me. :) > > - Bob > > Governments, like diapers, should be changed > often, and for the same reason. > > bjg@otherspace.net | http://www.otherspace.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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