Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:33:00 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Rob Lytle <jan6146@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years / sorry I started flame war Message-ID: <486DA7FC.8050304@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <784966050807022128g6a6ebfebtc1f57c0da66779bc@mail.gmail.com> <20080703215537.6F3114504E@ptavv.es.net> <784966050807032126m69eedb98nf0ccaed548fc96ef@mail.gmail.com>
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Rob Lytle wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt that > its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done. > > I use portupgrade for all ports. > > i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the > time to waste compiling. Plus, you are presented with numerous nag screens > so you have to babysit the whole process. You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.)
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