On 25-Sep-99 Nik Clayton wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 06:08:15PM -0400, Rajappa Iyer wrote: >> 4. The number of times that I've had a random bug in the >> {pre|post}{install|remove} scripts essentially render the system >> unupgradeable is not funny. I have had to go and physically >> remove >> some files and edit the package database by hand to get the >> system >> back to some sane state. > > You have sent in PRs for the ports/packages where you've had this > problem, > right? Re-read the first para of his message: -> I completely agree!! Debian's package manager is one of the most -> infuriatingly buggy piece of software that I've ever used. He's complaining about Debian's stuff, not the Ports Collection. :) > N --- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Jordan K. Hubbard
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Bill Fumerola
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Ben Rosengart
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg... Bill Fumerola
- Re: A new package fetching utility... Chris Costello
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg... Wes Peters
- Re: A new package fetching utility... Ben Rosengart
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Chris Piazza
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Rajappa Iyer
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg... Nik Clayton
- Re: A new package fetching utility... John Baldwin
- Re: A new package fetching uti... Nik Clayton
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Jordan K. Hubbard
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Rajappa Iyer
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Daniel C. Sobral
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Jaakko Salomaa
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Daniel C. Sobral
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Bill Fumerola
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Daniel C. Sobral
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Oliver Fromme
- Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Oliver Fromme