On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 01:18:52PM +0100, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote: > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 12:44:42PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > On 2011/09/17 12:23, Mikolaj Kucharski wrote: > > > Why not simple run_depend on all relevant gnome packages instead if > > > shell script ran a minute later. Is this because of '@option > > > manual-installation'? > > > > See the bottom lines of DESCR :-) > > I read DESCR, and still don't understand why it's done the way it is > done. > > I think run_depend would be more transparent solution here IMHO. If > installation fails for any reason user will not see this, he needs to > check syslog to see what happen. Executing script with pkg_add(1) from > at(1) looks simple at first sight, but if something goes wrong. > > Maybe MESSAGE during install? Some people may get surprised 'what > happen' or 'when that happen' after simple pkg_add sis-gnome.
First thing, this package is intended for little sisters. They don't have meta-physical questions like that. Second, at(1) mails root about what it did, so no need to check syslog. Third, RUN_DEPENDS only ports are forbidden, ask espie@ about that.
