Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:32:16 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Rajappa Iyer <rsi@panix.com> Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <199909251632.MAA57533@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <19990925154338.A78022@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On 25-Sep-99 Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 06:08:15PM -0400, Rajappa Iyer wrote:
>> 4. The number of times that I've had a random bug in the
>> {pre|post}{install|remove} scripts essentially render the system
>> unupgradeable is not funny. I have had to go and physically
>> remove
>> some files and edit the package database by hand to get the
>> system
>> back to some sane state.
>
> You have sent in PRs for the ports/packages where you've had this
> problem,
> right?
Re-read the first para of his message:
-> I completely agree!! Debian's package manager is one of the most
-> infuriatingly buggy piece of software that I've ever used.
He's complaining about Debian's stuff, not the Ports Collection. :)
> N
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