Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:37:23 +0200 From: "PANAGIOTOPOULOS GEOR" <gpanag@tee.gr> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: FreeBSD 3.0 from Walnut Creek (4 CD's set) Message-ID: <19990318233207.AAA14833@adler>
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Deep DISAPOINTMENT regarding the FreeBSD 3.0 Release from Walnut Creek: 1) No possibility to use a browser to get an overview on what "tarballs" are in the ports collection in each CD (if you need something, you must go through "find ..." to see if it is there). There is actually no ports collection, but only a massive amount of collected tarballs thrown together, 2) NO mechanism for easy compilation and registered installation (missing Make-, DESCRIPTION-, COMMENT-, PLIST-files, e.g. no <bsd. .....>), 3) NO possibility for information for each "port" (no README.html's) so that one has first to "manually" extract the package and then understand what it does and whether he needs it!), 4) There is a contradiction and NO-RELATION between the instructions given in /usr/local/share/handbook and the contents on the CDROM's regarding the ports mechanism, possibly due to 2) above. If you have any suggestions on how this can be overcome, please contact: gpanag@tee.gr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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