Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get

[John Baldwin]

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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