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Date:      Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:07:48 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>
To:        FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Ports base? [hear my $500] ..improvement
Message-ID:  <20021203110748.GC694@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net>
References:  <20021124000210.A219-100000@dhcp-407-32.san.rr.com> <20021124081251.GA60642@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125001831.GD90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20021125005107.GA64948@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20021125010146.GF90600@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.50.0211252145020.26262-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021126025909.GA12750@rot13.obsecurity.org> <44isyk9bg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <Pine.BSF.4.50.0212022126540.85843-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021203100924.GA61875@submonkey.net>

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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:09:24AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:28:07PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > > > > Why can't someone write a shell script or binary that would prompt the user with:
> > > > > Hello, which port would you like?
> 
> Boggle.
> Do you mean something like this ?
> 
> 	#!/bin/sh --
> 	while :
        do
> 	  /bin/echo -n "Hello, which port would you like? : "
> 	  read PORT
          [ "$PORT" = "" ] && { echo Toodle Pip; exit 0; } 
> 	  portinstall $PORT
        done
> 
> > $500 is pretty steep, even if it IS for a priceless utility!  Negotiable?
> 
Price just went up :)

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson 
   The Netherlands

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