On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:20:29 +0200, Jerome Herman wrote: > On 19/07/2011 08:11, Polytropon wrote: > > Arguing... what is easier at manually locating software using > > a web browser, manually downloading it and interactively > > holding the installer's hand while installing software? :-) > Well, of course installing is easier. But package management is not just > about installing.
Of course it's not _that_ simple. :-) > Rigid packages won't allow fine grained tweaking that you might need. In such cases, compiling from source seems to be the preferred method - which is still possible on PC-BSD, although it's often suggested to stay with PBI. > > You could create a port that brings all this functionality > > in one rush. Remember that the ports collection is more than > > just about installing software - it can be used to even > > bring such features to the system and configure them. > A port that would reboot in single user, use tunefs to activate ACL here > and there, activate MAC and move most users to an LDAP auth ? I don't > think so. > Actually I would be scared if such a port was accepted in the port tree. In fact, that would be dangerous - especially if used by people who have no clue about what they're doing. What I was refering to is the ability of a meta-port to install a selected mix of ports, apply configuration and provide templates for common configurations. Of course it's up to the admin to instantiate those new functionality on the system. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
