From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 9 00:33:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA19846 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 00:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA19823 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 00:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (lot.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [203.20.121.21]) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA29872 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:03:42 +0930 (CST) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA01242; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 16:55:20 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199709090655.QAA01242@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , "S. Sigala" , Brandon Gillespie , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My FreeBSD Wish List... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Sep 1997 22:48:03 MST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 16:55:19 +1000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Whatever you do, please keep in mind that after installing a lot of us > don't give a damn about package tools and we might want to compile .tgz > crap off the net and stick it into /usr/local with out jumping through and > package installer or registration hoops, We respect your right to shoot yourself in the foot. However, if your .tgz crap is smart enough to use "install", then all it will take is for you to set a couple of environment variables and stuff will be automagically shadowed and registered. mike