From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Jul 18 12:48:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA19751 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:48:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp13.bellglobal.com (smtp13.bellglobal.com [204.101.251.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA19746 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:48:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tim@localhost.my.domain) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp6422.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.14]) by smtp13.bellglobal.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA00103; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:47:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12040; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19980718134825.C11959@zappo> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Sue Blake , Chuck Robey Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions about packages References: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au> <19980719001610.45098@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980719001610.45098@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:16:10AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:16:10AM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > > If my package does not need to be on the cdrom to work, ie, if it is > extremely simple for a windoze-oriented unix-ignorant person to > download it and have it find the packages on the cdrom, then I can use Ooh. Well, I don't think it can be done cleanly. You probably don't much care about that, though... I don't think there's any reason you couldn't use an iscript INSTALL script in the package to call pkg_add again manually... I'm not sure how you want this windoze-orientated unix-ignorant persont to download their package. If PPP is up, that's simple. You'll also need to make sure the cdrom is mounted. Hmmm... Actually, for your purposes, maybe an INSTALL script is right, anyways. But that's not what you asked. > Well, I'm creating, not installing, and the people who will be > installing won't be investigating those things. They'll be taking ten > minutes to find the right keys to type in 'pkg_add filename' correctly, > and have neither the knowledge nor enthusiasm to investigate further. I do hope you're exagerating just a tad! ;-) -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message