Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Zé Loff
> Setting the variable to cd path is not useful, because all file sets are > unpacked by default so you don't need it anymore in terms of installing > additional packages. The official CDs have the packages (the CDs you buy and get in the mail, not the one you burn from install*.iso), so it *is*

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Janne Johansson
You seem to have mixed up packages and the install file sets. Den 27 dec 2012 17:43 skrev "Live user" : > On 27/12/2012 17:25, Chris Bennett wrote: > >> You are assuming that someone will never just run base. >> >> Base includes a lot of useful software all by itself. >> Apache, PF, a working file

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 17:25, Chris Bennett wrote: You are assuming that someone will never just run base. Base includes a lot of useful software all by itself. Apache, PF, a working file system, lynx, vi, working X, ntpd, mkhybrid, cdio, sftp, ssh, sendmail, mg, tons of perl stuff, manual pages, etc, et

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Chris Bennett
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 04:49:18PM +0100, Live user wrote: > On 27/12/2012 16:38, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > >I went through most of the FAQ this weekend and didn't see any mention > >of /etc/pkg.conf as an alternative to PKG_PATH. Might be better to > >document the use of this configuration file, whic

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 16:38, Maxim Khitrov wrote: I went through most of the FAQ this weekend and didn't see any mention of /etc/pkg.conf as an alternative to PKG_PATH. Might be better to document the use of this configuration file, which I think is created automatically if you install the system from an

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Live user wrote: > I think 15.2.2 should go before 15.1.1, since if there's no point in running > pkg_* when the PKG_PATH is empty, which is after installing using the > interactive method. > > Furthermore, using 'export PKG_PATH=' sets a volatile variable, which

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Nick Holland
On 12/27/2012 10:10 AM, Live user wrote: I think 15.2.2 should go before 15.1.1, since if there's no point in running pkg_* when the PKG_PATH is empty, which is after installing using the interactive method. there is no 15.1.1. 15.1 is an introduction, no commands where PKG_PATH would be used

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 16:16, Yusof Khalid - FreeBSD / OpenBSD wrote: Hi, As stated "It's usually a good idea to add a line similar to the above examples to your ~/.profile." The above line should be ok to understand.. IMHO :) or did you miss the line ? Yes, actually I missed the point. And I still k

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Yusof Khalid - FreeBSD / OpenBSD
Hi, As stated "It's usually a good idea to add a line similar to the above examples to your ~/.profile." The above line should be ok to understand.. IMHO :) or did you miss the line ? On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Live user wrote: > I think 15.2.2 should go before 15.1.1, since if there's