On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 04:36:09PM -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > [2] I do not understand the usefulness nor see the "beauty" of the current > method of installing ports. Why must a user download elementary > "instructions" for programs A, B, C, D, through Z when all he or she may > want are programs P and Q which require libraries B, C, D, and E? In > other words, have the people in the know ever considered making it > possible to download one tarballed directory, whose Makefile could figure > out which other tarballed directories are needed and "fetch" them in > sequence? This seems far simpler than 19 megs of unnecessary files that > may never be used possibly. Thank you for listening, hopefully my remarks > generate some discussion. > You can use cvsup method with refuse file to download ports collections you want, for example all without x11-* ports.
Jacek -- W miejscu swojego zatrudnienia ma opinię negatywną, ponieważ ma narzeczonego Murzyna, z którym się codziennie spotyka. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
