On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:51:10 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:31:51 +0200, "Paul B. Mahol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 7/4/08, Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is why there are precompiled packages on ftp.freebsd.org which you
can
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 14:31:51 +0200, "Paul B. Mahol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/4/08, Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> This is why there are precompiled packages on ftp.freebsd.org which you
>>> can install with 'pkg_add -r'. You can install them from any FTP
>>> mirror, actually; ju
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:38:37 +0300, "Aggelidis Nikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two
>> things: 1. CD's that installed without being switched in and out
>> dozens of times. That was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD. I
>> didn't e
On 2008-Jul-03 23:04:10 -0700, Rob Lytle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>FreeBSD partition, and install OpenBSD which has impeccable documentation.
Having tried to make sense of the OpenBSD carp documentation, I can
only assume that is meant as a joke.
--
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the
> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:26:16 -0700
> From: "Rob Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt that
> its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done.
>
> I use portupgrade for all ports.
>
> i s
On 7/4/08, Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This is why there are precompiled packages on ftp.freebsd.org which you
>> can install with 'pkg_add -r'. You can install them from any FTP
>> mirror, actually; just point PACKAGEROOT at the mirror:
>
> why isn't this stuff in the docs? oh, it i
"Rob Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the
> time to waste compiling. Plus, you are presented with numerous nag screens
> so you have to babysit the whole process.
This is why there are precompiled packages on ftp.freebsd.or
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Rob Lytle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Greg Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2008-07-03, Rob Lytle wrote:
>>
>> > > You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into
>> > > /etc/make.conf. (Not that this
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Greg Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 2008-07-03, Rob Lytle wrote:
>
> > > You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into
> > > /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.)
> >
> > What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option
> I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two things: 1.
> CD's that installed without being switched in and out dozens of times. That
> was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD. I didn't even know the DVD
> install existed, but will do that next time.
>
I also had the same
Rob Lytle wrote:
You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into
/etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.)
What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option boxes are checked, or none
at all? I have never seen this explained anywhere.
It means, "yeah, what
On 2008-07-03, Rob Lytle wrote:
> > You can get rid of the nag screens by putting "BATCH=yes" into
> > /etc/make.conf. (Not that this negates your other points.)
>
> What the hell does "yes" mean? That all option boxes are checked, or none
> at all? I have never seen this explained anywhere.
Rob Lytle wrote:
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Rob Lytle wrote:
Hi Kevin,
The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt
that
its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done.
I use port
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rob Lytle wrote:
>
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt
>> that
>> its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done.
>>
>> I use por
Rob Lytle wrote:
Hi Kevin,
The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt that
its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done.
I use portupgrade for all ports.
i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the
time to
Hi Kevin,
The sysinstall dependency problem has existed for 10 years, so I doubt that
its unique to me. It has occurred in every installation I have ever done.
I use portupgrade for all ports.
i strongly disagree with using ports for huge packages. I don't have the
time to waste compiling. P
Hi all
I suggest this "flame" to stop right now... because everybody is ok
finally
I agree with Rob in the fact that 'sysinstall' is a bit disturbing tool
with its way of working: the "enter" key, the error messages if HTTP
source is unavailable, etc
and I confess I had to re-insta
> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:28:50 -0700
> From: "Rob Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two things: 1.
> CD's that installed without being switched in and out dozens of times. That
> was fixed by the s
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:28:50 -0700, "Rob Lytle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. Being able to use Sysinstall and not having it crash when a
> dependency is already present. Sometimes I like to use Sysinstall to
> install gigantic packages where the compile time is 26 hours, e.g KDE
> metapackage, a
Hi All,
I'm sorry I started a kind of flame war. All I wanted was two things: 1.
CD's that installed without being switched in and out dozens of times. That
was fixed by the suggestion of using a DVD. I didn't even know the DVD
install existed, but will do that next time.
2. Being able to us
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