Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:14:23 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: questions about packages Message-ID: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au>
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I'm trying to fathom how packages work and there's a few things I can't
find in the documentation, or can't recognise if they're there.
Since this is in reference to a package for totally clueless newbies
I have no control over installation except from within the package itself.
Here's the two questions I posted to -questions yesterday with little
result. An obvious third question is: How should one go about finding
out this kind of info?
Where does a package look to find the other packages it needs
that are not yet installed?
How does it distinguish between another package that should be
installed if available, and a package that must be installed
before this one will install?
Please don't send me to the sources! I'm just a newbie with attitude.
No doubt I will have more questions, but it's hard to get them into
words while everything is so unfamiliar.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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