Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 11:19:14 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions about packages Message-ID: <19980719111914.25963@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19980718175516.A18192@zappo>; from Tim Vanderhoek on Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 05:55:17PM -0400 References: <19980718171423.58388@welearn.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980718050959.18866M-100000@localhost> <19980719001610.45098@welearn.com.au> <19980718134825.C11959@zappo> <19980719082019.63071@welearn.com.au> <19980718175516.A18192@zappo>
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On Sat, Jul 18, 1998 at 05:55:17PM -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 1998 at 08:20:19AM +1000, Sue Blake wrote:
>
> To add the dependencies. Instead of using pkg_*'s normal dependency
> handling, you would just call pkg_add from within the iscript to add
> the "dependencies".
Why? Ah, do you mean to go pkg_add /cdrom/whatever/package.tgz?
Hmmm... risky...
What about the other way round... maybe... if you mounted the CD and
worked from /packages/All/ and went pkg_add /path/package.tgz then
would it be able to pick up all of its dependencies? I mean, perhaps
pkg_add looks in the current working directory for them, in which case
this wouldn't be toooo terribly hard to organise. At least we'd know for
sure that the cdrom was mounted! :-)
> > If it's downloaded it'll probably be downloaded with windoze, making
> > the whole process a series of complicated steps. I need to work out how
> > many steps that can be reduced to, whether after all that a package
>
> # mount -t msdos /dev/wd0s1 /mnt
> # pkg_add /mnt/file-that-was-just-copied-to-c\\-from-windows
>
> Where, of course, /dev/wd0s1 will change if they have something other
> than the configuration they probably have. :)
Yeah, too risky, even if they were asked about their hardware and
dir^H^Hfolders :-) Going via floppy would be a bit more predictable.
Hey, hang on, that can't be done with a script either (can't download),
they'd have to write it down on paper and type it in, or some
approximation of it, after rebooting. If only everyone had mtools!
> |-)
%-)
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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