That would be great. I'll wait for the patch
On Nov 6, 2007 1:01 PM, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maslan wrote: > >> Package dependencies may change, depending on the user settings and > >> port maintainers configuration for the port (i.e. Makefiles). The same > >> sort of applies to packages as well. > >> Or were you referring to just packages instead of ports based > >> package metadata :)? > >> Or maybe a better question is: what are you trying to accomplish? > >> -Garrett > >> > >> > > > > The problem is that i always try FreeBSD snapshots, and each time i > > did a fresh install, i found my self in need to install xorg & gnome. > > so when i use pkg_add -rK xorg or pkg_add -rK gnome, it just keeps the > > package itself only without its dependencies, it would be better for > > me to keep the packages i use rather than downloading them every time. > > > > The ports has no problem with that, since it leaves all the port > > dependencies in /usr/ports/distfiles but i prefer packages than > > recompiling every time i install a fresh system something like gnome > > would eat my day compiling it. > > Hmm... that is indeed silly. > > Let me see if I can fire up a patch for that little issue sometime > either next week or the week after to fix that. > > -Garrett > -- System Programmer -- I'm Searching For Perfection, So Even If U Need Portability U've To Use Assembly ;-) -- http://libosdk.berlios.de _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
