Subject: Re: package dependency and fetching
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Christoph Badura <bad@oreilly.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/17/1999 16:07:49
itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> >>	I believe there is no way to fetch set of packages baesd on
> >>	dependencies.  (for example, autoconf depends on m4, so it would be
> >>	nice if one can get autoconf and m4 by saying "get autoconf, and
> >>	all packages autoconf is depending upon")
> >"make fetch-list | sh" should work.

> 	make fetch-list is for distfiles (source codes).  I meant compiled
> 	binary packages, like those found in
> 	ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.4/i386.

Ah.  This does not work currently, AFAIK.

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Christoph Badura					www.netbsd.org

	Anything that can be done in O(N) can be done in O(N^2).
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