Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:33:41 -0800 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> To: Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@buddydog.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packages and Ports Message-ID: <20020329203341.D7895@rain.macguire.net> In-Reply-To: <200203292329360388.11B93E38@mail.attbi.com>; from jdarnold@buddydog.org on Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:29:36PM -0500 References: <20020329181926.B75496-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <200203291859590787.10C2685F@mail.attbi.com> <15525.9046.907958.653284@guru.mired.org> <200203292329360388.11B93E38@mail.attbi.com>
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* Jonathan Arnold (jdarnold@buddydog.org) [020329 20:29]: > >> >To find out which packages are available on the CDROM(s), just mount the cd > >> >drive and cd /-cdrom-mountpoint-/usr/src/...etc > >> Yeah, but I have 14 CDROMS, with 6000+ packages. I think it is lame that > >> they didn't include some kind of master index with them. > >You have 14 CDROMs from three different distribution packages. How > >could they have included a master list for you without knowing which > > Actually, 10 of them come from my "BSD Power Pak 4.4" package that I bought - > the 4 installation disks and 6 toolkit disks. I think at the very least, > the installation disks should have their own master index, and the toolkit > disks should too. > > -- > Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org) > Amazing Developments http://www.buddydog.org > > A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of > rules and no mercy. --Joseph Campbell So I assume we'll be seeing a contribution from you with master lists and software to keep them up to date soon? -- Benjamin Krueger "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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