[csw-users] How can I get blastwave's package sources?

Dennis Clarke dclarke at blastwave.org
Wed May 30 20:09:00 CEST 2007


> What would be most excellent, and hopefully not hard, would be a *flag* to
> pkg-get that would simultaneously do the install and *not* blow away the
> source package when done. Just drop them somewhere in /opt/csw.  Then we
> could archive them ourselves. pkg-get -d grabs only one package, not all the
> dependencies, and most installs download a whole pile o' packages, making
> manual archiving a tedious process.
>
> If I could find the pkg-get *source* I'd be happy to add it in and offer it
> back.

This is what I qualify as an excellent RFE.  You layout what you want, why
and even the how you would like it to work.

It is a great idea.

Truth is ..  I wanted this sort of thing for a while myself but always got
too busy to look into it.

-
Dennis




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