Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions about packages Message-ID: <19980718134825.C11959@zappo> In-Reply-To: <19980719001610.45098@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 12:16:10AM %2B1000 References: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980718050959.18866M-100000@localhost> <19980719001610.45098@welearn.com.au>
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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
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