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In-reply-to: <199509260102.VAA14193@healer.com> (message from Coranth Gryphon on Mon, 25 Sep 1995 21:02:01 -0400)
Subject: Re: Problems with packages, and general third party software.
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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(Moved over from "hackers")

 * From: Peter da Silva <pds@freefall.freebsd.org>
 * > One problem with installing things from packages is you don't get any
 * > convenient pointer to how to configure them. For example, if I hadn't
 * 
 * That's a problem with the port not containing documentation on its
 * own configuration.

This is absolutely correct.  The pkg/DESCR file should describe the
steps necessary for setting up the port, unless the man page is really
good.

Things like sample /etc/services lines is a good thing to have in DESCR.

Satoshi