Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-19 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 08:49:09PM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote: On the other hand, realize that no one asked you in the first place, you provided your list voluntarily (without even being prompted by a single 'so?'). No one asked you to defend your opinion. Anyway, you should care why Joachim

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-19 Thread Jeff Quast
On 6/18/06, Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Guenther wrote: You are angry, understandably. Why do you assume I am angry? I am not. Don't you know how uncivil it is to make assumptions on other peoples emotions? You've put a lot of work into your system and now you're being told

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Siju George
On 6/17/06, Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Siju George wrote: Hope you will find this interesting :-) Haven't tried this out but am currently preparing a system for it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/c4o/ Cheers! Let me know how it works for you. Too many mistake these days :-(

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Marc Balmer dixit: what's next? The MirPorts Framework already runs on OpenBSD and Mac OSX, in addition to being the native package source for MirOS BSD. (It also works on In- terix aka MS Services for Unix 3.5, but that's currently not supported. It will come when time permits, though.) bye,

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread viq
On Sunday 18 June 2006 05:56, Darrin Chandler wrote: On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 05:29:29PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: None the less, Han is free to work on whatever he wants. Han has been kind enough to share his efforts with you and everyone but instead of saying thanks, you tell him is work

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Joachim Schipper
and C++, the Pkgfiles which define how a package should be build are nothing but simple shell-scripts. Cruxports for OpenBSD is a port/rewrite of the CRUX ports-system to OpenBSD, and is completely written in sh, except for a simple parser written in C. Now I hear you say: What's wrong

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Han Boetes
Joachim Schipper wrote: Now I hear you say: What's wrong with the normal ports? Well... wrong is a big word. It's just a matter of personal preference I think. But let me give you a list of reasons why I prefer cruxports. [ snip: my reasons, with your opinion about them ] All in all,

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Nick Guenther
On 6/18/06, Han Boetes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joachim Schipper wrote: Now I hear you say: What's wrong with the normal ports? Well... wrong is a big word. It's just a matter of personal preference I think. But let me give you a list of reasons why I prefer cruxports. [ snip: my

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Han Boetes
Nick Guenther wrote: You are angry, understandably. Why do you assume I am angry? I am not. Don't you know how uncivil it is to make assumptions on other peoples emotions? You've put a lot of work into your system and now you're being told it's useless. I don't care if he thinks that. On

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-18 Thread Lars Hansson
packagemanager in perl's CPAN. Now, I also think porting cruxports to OpenBSD is rather pointless and futile but hey, it's not my time that is being wasted. --- Lars Hansson

Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
Hi all, Hope you will find this interesting :-) Haven't tried this out but am currently preparing a system for it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/c4o/ Kind Regards -- Siju Oommen George, Network Consultant. HiFX IT MEDIA SERVICES PVT. LTD. http://www.hifx.net

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Marc Balmer
* Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about the most idiotic wast of time I ever heard of. what is wrong with our own package

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
On 6/17/06, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about the most idiotic wast of time I

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Tony Abernethy
Siju George wrote: On 6/17/06, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Henning Brauer
* Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-17 13:32]: One think I would like to use would be a utility like FreeBSD's portupgrade ( with upgraded ports tree ofcourse ) to easily upgrade installed ports. Don't know how easy it would be to make with our ports system. huh? afaik, that tool is one

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
On 6/17/06, Tony Abernethy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most updated software version must be synonymous with the latest bugs. Which are better, the old familiar bugs you know about or the new improved bugs nobody's heard of? Ok Tony take this case. there is a software called foo suppose

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
Thankyou so much for your response Henning :-) On 6/17/06, Henning Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-17 13:32]: One think I would like to use would be a utility like FreeBSD's portupgrade ( with upgraded ports tree ofcourse ) to easily upgrade installed

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Eric Faurot
On 6/17/06, Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a software called foo suppose 3.9 installs foo.1.1.1 if you use ports. now a few security holes are found in foo.1.1.1 So the foo developers release foo.1.1.2 And the foo developers *strongly encourage* everybody running foo.1.1.1 to

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Moritz Grimm
Siju George wrote: there is a software called foo suppose 3.9 installs foo.1.1.1 if you use ports. now a few security holes are found in foo.1.1.1 So the foo developers release foo.1.1.2 And the foo developers *strongly encourage* everybody running foo.1.1.1 to upgrade to foo.1.1.2 as soon

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
On 6/17/06, Eric Faurot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/17/06, Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is a software called foo suppose 3.9 installs foo.1.1.1 if you use ports. now a few security holes are found in foo.1.1.1 So the foo developers release foo.1.1.2 And the foo

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Siju George
On 6/17/06, Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thankyou so much for your response Henning :-) On 6/17/06, Henning Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Siju George [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-06-17 13:32]: One think I would like to use would be a utility like FreeBSD's portupgrade ( with

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Lars Hansson
On Saturday 17 June 2006 22:21, Siju George wrote: # echo $PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/ # # pkg_add -uF mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1 Error from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/: Unknown command. Using pkg_add correctly helps. -F takes a

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Will Maier
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 07:51:15PM +0530, Siju George wrote: it didn't update my packages. Could someone please tell me what I missed out? Did you read pkg_add(1)? '-F' requires _keywords_, not package names, as its option. # echo $PKG_PATH

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Breen Ouellette
Marc Balmer wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about the most idiotic wast of time I ever heard of. what is

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Deanna Phillips
Breen Ouellette [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marc Balmer wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about the most idiotic

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Michael Erdely
Siju George wrote: it didn't update my packages. Could someone please tell me what I missed out? # echo $PKG_PATH ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/ # # pkg_add -uF mozilla-firefox-1.5.0.1 Error from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/3.9/packages/i386/: Unknown command.

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Tobias Weisserth
Hi, On Saturday, 17. June 2006 18:36, Deanna Phillips wrote: ... As I see it, this is an example of working _against_ a project instead of with and for it. A personal NIH syndrome, if you will. It's not just some Linux thing he put together that also works here. Look at his quote:

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Tony Abernethy
Tobias Weisserth wrote: Hi, On Saturday, 17. June 2006 18:36, Deanna Phillips wrote: ... As I see it, this is an example of working _against_ a project instead of with and for it. A personal NIH syndrome, if you will. It's not just some Linux thing he put together that also works

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Han Boetes
Siju George wrote: Hope you will find this interesting :-) Haven't tried this out but am currently preparing a system for it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/c4o/ Cheers! Let me know how it works for you. # Han

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Marc Balmer
* Han Boetes wrote: Siju George wrote: Hope you will find this interesting :-) Haven't tried this out but am currently preparing a system for it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/c4o/ Cheers! Let me know how it works for you. It's so full of defects that I guess (hope) no one will

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Han Boetes
Marc Balmer wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: Siju George wrote: Hope you will find this interesting :-) Haven't tried this out but am currently preparing a system for it. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/c4o/ Cheers! Let me know how it works for you. It's so full of defects that

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Marc Balmer
* Han Boetes wrote: Yes, I love you too. too? I don't love you...

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Thordur I. Bjornsson
Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sat 17.Jun'06 at 22:23:50 +0200 * Han Boetes wrote: Yes, I love you too. too? I don't love you... Marc, please stop being a prick. -- Thordur I. Bjornsson Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex. -- Karl Marx

Re: Cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Kroty
Marc Balmer wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: Yes, I love you too. too? I don't love you... Please, stop being a fool.

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:10:48 +0200, Marc Balmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Han Boetes wrote: I've been working for quite some time now on an alternative package-manager for OpenBSD, and since things start working rather fine now I think it's time to let you guys know. this is about the most

Re: cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-17 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 05:29:29PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: None the less, Han is free to work on whatever he wants. Han has been kind enough to share his efforts with you and everyone but instead of saying thanks, you tell him is work is an idiotic waste of time. JCR: You said what I was

cruxports for OpenBSD

2006-06-16 Thread Han Boetes
please read on: In 2000 Per Liden started CRUX-Linux, a distro based on simplicity. The idea for the ports system was influenced by BSD ports, but written in sh and C++, the Pkgfiles which define how a package should be build are nothing but simple shell-scripts. Cruxports for OpenBSD is a port