From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 07:17:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA07646 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:17:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA07614 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:17:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA18326; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:17:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Darren Reed cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:35:27 +1000." <199806101335.GAA18157@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 07:17:34 -0700 Message-ID: <18322.897488254@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > They're on the other CD. > > Then it should say so... It does. Each and every README.TXT, including the one with "missing" packages or ports, notes its contents and whether or not some of those contents are on another CD (and, if so, which). RTFR. :) > ...also, it would be good if FreeBSD's sysinstall told you how much disk > space each package would take up (sort of like Solaris's installation > program). That would be good, yes. Pity that info's not readily available right now or I'd have added such a feature 3 years ago. If you have some clever method up your sleeve, I'm always happy to review diffs to parts of /usr/src/release. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message