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Date:      Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:54:04 -0700
From:      asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
To:        gryphon@healer.com
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, pds@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with packages, and general third party software.
Message-ID:  <199509262354.QAA01182@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199509260102.VAA14193@healer.com> (message from Coranth Gryphon on Mon, 25 Sep 1995 21:02:01 -0400)

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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



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