Re: BSD Installer release 1

From: Brooks Davis (brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: 07/29/05

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    Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:44:40 -0700
To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>

    On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 01:28:17AM +0100, Steven Hartland wrote:
    > Interesting but the listed bugs preclude its use here and I suspect
    > in most environments :(

    I do nearly all my installs without ports, packages, or source:

    pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui
    # edit sup files
    # run cvsup

    -- Brooks 

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