Jordan K. Hubbard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) napisał(a):
> I could certainly make a super-set INDEX file with some sort of CD#
> field (I'd have to extend or munge the current INDEX format) available
> on each of the CDs, sure. That's a good idea.
There is a nice way to handle this in IBM's AIX ... it
On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 05:09:01PM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
>
> > That would not be a simple solution. There are more packaging
> > problems with this than you've probably ever dealt with since we deal
> > with CD sets in terms of tens-of-thousan
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> That would not be a simple solution. There are more packaging
> problems with this than you've probably ever dealt with since we deal
> with CD sets in terms of tens-of-thousands quantities.
>
> I will continue to explore going to a 6 CD set, but
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilko Bulte writes:
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 01:12:04PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > > Anyhow, it would be _very_ nice if there could be some mechanism set up i
> n
> > > .../distfiles, which just symlinks to the right CD of the toolkit. This w
> ay,
> >
>
On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 01:12:04PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > Anyhow, it would be _very_ nice if there could be some mechanism set up in
> > .../distfiles, which just symlinks to the right CD of the toolkit. This way,
>
> I'm not sure there's any way to force the user to insert the righ
> Failing that, a greppable index of what distfile is on which CD would
> be quite nice, and something I've missed on earlier CDs.
I could certainly make a super-set INDEX file with some sort of CD#
field (I'd have to extend or munge the current INDEX format) available
on each of the CDs, sure.
>
> I'm not sure there's any way to force the user to insert the right CD
> of a 6 CD toolkit for an arbitrary port. :)
>
> - Jordan
If the user is running a recent FreeBSD, and has a supported network
card implanted at the base of his skull, I'm sure we could do
something. (I haven't been fol
> Anyhow, it would be _very_ nice if there could be some mechanism set up in
> .../distfiles, which just symlinks to the right CD of the toolkit. This way,
I'm not sure there's any way to force the user to insert the right CD
of a 6 CD toolkit for an arbitrary port. :)
- Jordan
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