Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:48:18 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: pkg_add and 2 CDs Message-ID: <36CAD6B2.EED4AFC2@uk.radan.com>
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Are there any plans to enhance pkg_add to cope with the packages now
(well for some time now) being split across 2 CDs?
Last night it failed on both enlightenment and gimp because some of
the dependencies were on the other CD. I had to make a note of the
offending items, change the CD, install them, change the CD back, and
finally install the parent package(s).
This kind of defeats the object of pkg_add automatically installing
dependencies.
Either pkg_add needs to prompt you to change the CD (after it unmounts
it to allow this of course), install the dependent package and then
change the CD back or the packages need putting on the CDs in such a
way as to prevent this situation arising.
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