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Date:      Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:38:53 -0700
From:      "Rob Lytle" <jan6146@gmail.com>
To:        "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
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:  <784966050807032138g7ed2da8chf15f185a6a6bf302@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <
stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote:

> 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.)


What the hell does "yes" mean?  That all option boxes are checked, or none
at all?  I have never seen this explained anywhere.

Rob



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