Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:04:27 +1000 (EST) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? Message-ID: <199806101504.IAA18845@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <18749.897489480@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 10, 98 07:38:00 am
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In some mail from Jordan K. Hubbard, sie said:
>
> > Okay...I'm installing 2.2.6 right now and I'm at the "Package Selection"
> > menu. Strange, I see no way to read the README.TXT file for any of these
> > packages. No, I haven't yet completed the installation. Yes, I'm
> > installing packages as part of the base install and there is no README to
> > RTFR on :)
{...]
> If you're actually installing the CD, then you can flip over to the
> Emergency Holographic Shell at the first sign of trouble and say
> "Hmmm, I wonder if this behavior is documented anywhere", that
> hopefully leading you to the /dist/README file also. :-)
Yes, I'm actually installing the CD :-)
It might be worth finding a line on a screen somewhere which mentions to
do the above if you encounter problems. Hmmm, maybe the error message
which mentions the package that could not be found should say this ?
Some other pet peeves:
- 4 versions of TCL and 4 versions of TK. This seems slightly excessive
to me.
- no progress meters for pkg_add, just a message that it is "running"
- whilst byte counts are shown, there's no %
Darren
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