Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:11:31 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Terribile <materribile@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Rahul Fernandez <rnf006@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Can I install packages only for my release? Message-ID: <20031124071131.24155.qmail@web21108.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20031121135402.BE28B16A4D3@hub.freebsd.org>
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[Rahul Fernandez] >> Hi, I shall certainly try installing a port instead. I am rather new >> to FreeBSD and am unclear as to how I can obtain new packages.... [Matthew Seaman] > ... Even better, use the ports tree. This may sound terrifying > ... but that's the beauty of the ports system. It reduces doing > all that right down to typing "make install" ... I went back to my notes on the problem I saw when the port system's autoconfiguration machinery seemed to go into an infinite loop. It appears (APPEARS, I must repeat) that the problem is that everything depends on pkginstall, but pkginstall's man pages depend on find files that depend on something else. My note ends ``make -k works around this.'' Greg, you got your ears up? I entered posted a bug report; I will if you poke me a little. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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