Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:48 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports base? [hear my $500] ..improvement Message-ID: <20021203110748.GC694@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net> References: <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.50.0211252145020.26262-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <Pine.BSF.4.50.0212022126540.85843-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net>
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:09:24AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:28:07PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user with:
> > > > > Hello, which port would you like?
>
> Boggle.
> Do you mean something like this ?
>
> #!/bin/sh --
> while :
do
> /bin/echo -n "Hello, which port would you like? : "
> read PORT
[ "$PORT" = "" ] && { echo Toodle Pip; exit 0; }
> portinstall $PORT
done
>
> > $500 is pretty steep, even if it IS for a priceless utility! Negotiable?
>
Price just went up :)
--
Regards
Cliff Sarginson
The Netherlands
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