On 2/28/06, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > X isn't in packages, but in simple tarballs. > > > > cd / ; for i in some/path/x*.tgz; do tar xvvzpf $i; done > > > > Configure if needed, run X. > > > > Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > No. > > X is not a "package". It is a file set, not part of the ports tree. > > Not to be argumentative but ratpoison is still dependant on it [them]. > Seems that should be made apparent in the ports search output somehow eh?
And something like screen is dependent on the OS. Should it be made apparent in the ports that the OS needs to be installed before you can install screen? Greg
