Subject: Re: NetBSD/mac68k on a Powerbook ????
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: jeff schindall <jeff@wave2i.nrl.navy.mil>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/08/1995 12:01:52
>On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Allen Briggs wrote:
>> I send a list of things that
>> I'd like to see in it...  A short list:
>>
>>       - Integration of current ffs support
>>       - Integration of mkfs/newfs functionality
>>       - Integration of fsck functionality
>>       - Better handling of failures of various kinds
>>       - Batch handling (select a group of files to install)
>>       - Performance (buffer cache)
>
>I'd like to add a few.
>        - Batch handling in mini-shell (rm *.O, rmdir *, etc.)
>        - Forcible removal of non-empty directories (recursive rmdir/rm *)
>        - Partial install of archives
>

This is not really related to MacBSD, but:

I think it would be really fantastic if someone could convert the installer
to an app that would explode .tgz files on the mac-side as well (this would
just be easier than using macgzip then some mac-tar app).  I'm sure the
mac-community as a whole would like to see such an app.


>Can you tell I really don't like man pages?
>
>        - Installation of gzipped files not containing tar archives
>        - A method of selecting a MacOS path other than the most recently
>          used archive install path for cpin and cpout
>        - How about at least an error message when the archive isn't valid....
>
>What language is the original written in?  I'd be willing to help with
>things like my mini-shell suggestions if somebody can convert it from
>Unix C (the only language I know besides BASIC and LOGO).
>



 -jeff