Re: pkg_info Ideals

2002-02-18 Thread Ross Lippert
Richard, perhaps this is another point. Instead of proposing additional semantics to the pkg_* functions we might want to look at libh and see if it already supports such versatility. Anyone here try libh? -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in

pkg_info Ideals

2002-02-17 Thread Ross Lippert
Hi, I was wondering if this wheel has been invented already and I just haven't been looking for it hard enough. proposed wheel: that pkg_info have an option to reports 'ideal' packages, that is, packages which are not requirements of any other packages. This would allow a person to quickly find

Re: what a can of worms! (Gnome flames)

2001-12-27 Thread Ross Lippert
Hey, I once tried to do a pure make kde2 from the ports and it took more than a day on a 300 Mhz. Granted it was a 56k modem, but at least 80% of the time was in the compile. I gave up and used the CD's. When you look at the gnome philosophy, which is having a bazillion g-apps written by ev

Re: that atapi cdrom (really dvdrom) problem

2001-12-26 Thread Ross Lippert
OK, I take it back. I don't think it is a signed versus unsigned issue, though I still think it is dangerous the way atapi_read mixes them. I've been trying to follow the two pr's (kern/31530 and kern/31460) to see if the panics they're getting were related to the problem I reported earlier.

Re: that atapi cdrom (really dvdrom) problem

2001-12-26 Thread Ross Lippert
OK, I take it back. I don't think it is a signed versus unsigned issue, though I still think it is dangerous the way atapi_read mixes them. I've been trying to follow the two pr's (kern/31530 and kern/31460) to see if the panics they're getting were related to the problem I reported earlier. I

Re: Beware of WindRiver Systems!

2001-08-03 Thread Ross Lippert
I don't know if this thread is really relevant to this list, but assuming it is, my $.02. Mine came way late only after multiple emails with windriver. Once alerted they responded quickly. I wasn't sure how soon after a RELEASE was announced to start nagging them (anyone want to answer that?).