Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get

[Jamie Bowden]

On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Chris Costello wrote:

:On Fri, Sep 24, 1999, Nate Williams wrote:
:> Unfortunately, as with all 'slick' products we've talked about, it still
:> requires a working X setup in order to run.  You could do one as a CUI,
:> but doing it in Java would be just as hard as anything else at this
:> point. :(
:
:   There's nothing keeping it from being a port or being an
:optional part of a distribution that can be installed if X is
:installed (emphasis on ``optional'').
:
:   We've got what we need behind-the-scenes, now we need to put a
:good show on stage.  Let's show Linux what package management is
:all about. :)

I know I'm not the only Irix admin on this list.  If you really want to
see a tight clean package management system, with CLI and GUI interfaces,
look at inst/swmgr in Irix.

Jamie Bowden

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