The following reply was made to PR pkg/29227; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
To: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
Cc: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, taca@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/29227: ruby18 digest/md5 not available
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 13:15:15 +0100

 On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:03:14PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
 > Webrick was installed already. Why do I have to install it again?
 
 I'm not sure what you're talking about.
 You had webrick installed before you installed the ruby package?
 
 > As well, I don't think it's a good idea to have a package called
 > "ruby18" install only part of ruby 1.8. Webrick is a core part of
 > ruby18.
 
 I think the point of the ruby18 package in pkgsrc is to install
 the basics and split up additional modules in separate packages.
 taca probably knows this better.
 
 Expectations about what basic parts of a package are might
 vary with the user.
 
 > Pkgsrc is supposed to make life easier. Right now it's easier just to
 > download, build and install ruby in /usr/local than it is to use the
 > package.
 
 So in other words, you're missing a package that installs ruby
 and "all" its modules? Can you say what "all" the modules you
 expect are?
 
 Adding such a package to meta-pkgs shouldn't be a problem.
 Also, the lang/ruby package seems to install some additional
 modules already.
  Thomas