On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 04:49:18PM +0100, Live user wrote: > On 27/12/2012 16:38, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > >I went through most of the FAQ this weekend and didn't see any mention > >of /etc/pkg.conf as an alternative to PKG_PATH. Might be better to > >document the use of this configuration file, which I think is created > >automatically if you install the system from an ftp or http mirror. > > Would be a good idea, for the interactive installer (install52.iso) > to ask as last step for a packages server, even if you chose the > cdrom in a first place. >
You are assuming that someone will never just run base. Base includes a lot of useful software all by itself. Apache, PF, a working file system, lynx, vi, working X, ntpd, mkhybrid, cdio, sftp, ssh, sendmail, mg, tons of perl stuff, manual pages, etc, etc Chris Bennett
