From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/35759 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Quimby Upgrade Date: 11 Apr 2001 20:48:53 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20010410162812.7343.qmail@nightshade.la.mastaler.com> <87g0fg56fb.fsf@inanna.rimspace.net> <20010411052354.D46053@kens.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035171448 4765 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 03:37:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 15774 invoked by alias); 12 Apr 2001 03:49:05 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 15769 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2001 03:49:04 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.networkone.net (209.144.112.246) by gnus.org with SMTP; 12 Apr 2001 03:49:04 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 3954 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2001 03:49:09 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO reader.local.lan) (209.144.117.151) by mail.networkone.net with SMTP; 12 Apr 2001 03:49:09 -0000 Original-Received: (from reader@localhost) by reader.local.lan (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f3C3msd06270; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 20:48:54 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: reader.local.lan: reader set sender to reader@newsguy.com using -f Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: ("Robin S. Socha"'s message of "11 Apr 2001 20:38:30 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/20.7 Original-Lines: 31 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35759 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:35759 "Robin S. Socha" writes: > > The full ports installation is some 80-90MB, yet lacks any real data > > keeping system other than the very meager offering under /var/db/pkg. > > which is little more than a list of the files in a package. > man pkg_info Which reads from the wimpy database mentioned above. The key word there was `real'. > man pkg_info Man that is lame compared to the power of rpm commands. You can't be serious about offering those limp pkg_* as being similar. No kind of cross referencing or any other basic data minipulations. To someone not initiated on FreeBSD that may look like some kind of similar tool. Don't be fooled. Robin is misleading you. The pkg suite is nearly useless for any serious investigation. Does not compare at all to rpm. > Anyway. This is boring. You are a clueless luser and deserve to run > EasyLinux until hell freezes over. Haha! EoT? Clueless luser... why I aughta.... EoT? Jeez, I thought you'd at least flame me. This is a flame war bubba, wake up. Where is that flame thrower you used to have in your sig? Don't let sheer boredom slow you down.