> 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 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.
Please don't top post! I never said that you should build from ports. I said that you should not use sysinstall to install packages. I said that you can copy the packages from the CDs to /usr/ports/packages/All/ and use 'portinstall -P' to install all of them that are still current and to download those that are not. This simply eliminates all of the disc shuffling. If the nag screens annoy you, use BATCH=yes to build ports with default values. That gives you the same build as the package system uses. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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