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
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