From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 12 10:29:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02955 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:29:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA02910 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:29:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA19152; Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:28:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:28:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: Cliff Addy cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port vs package logic In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > packages installable from sysinstall vs the ports tree? For example, I > noticed during the install of 2.2.7 that tcsh is no longer installable > from sysinstall's "Packages" option, you must install it using make in > the ports tree. What? I just installed 2.2.7 when it came out and I installed tcsh FROM the packages. Getting on that machine and running /stand/sysinstall and doing a post-configure, add packages, I find tcsh sitting right there in shells right where it's supposed to be. In any case, some things cannot be made into packages for various reasons - they could be limited to non-commercial use (eg asWedit) or interactive or any of a number of other reasons. You can read through bsd.port.mk and the porting section of the handbook to get more of an idea on when things cannot be packages. Brett ************************************************************* Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ "The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart." - Iris Murdoch, "The Red and the Green" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message