From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Jul 18 00:14:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA28300 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:14:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA28295 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:14:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16574; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:14:26 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:14:23 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: questions about packages Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm trying to fathom how packages work and there's a few things I can't find in the documentation, or can't recognise if they're there. Since this is in reference to a package for totally clueless newbies I have no control over installation except from within the package itself. Here's the two questions I posted to -questions yesterday with little result. An obvious third question is: How should one go about finding out this kind of info? Where does a package look to find the other packages it needs that are not yet installed? How does it distinguish between another package that should be installed if available, and a package that must be installed before this one will install? Please don't send me to the sources! I'm just a newbie with attitude. No doubt I will have more questions, but it's hard to get them into words while everything is so unfamiliar. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message