> > Hasn't a packagized base-system been promised?  I don't see it in 1.6
> > yet so would it probably be in -current/1.7 then?  IMHO having major
> > parts of the base system under pkg control (things like various MTAs,
> > OpenSSH etc.) would make some things a lot easier.
>
> I've heard discussion for such a system, but I wouldn't say it's been
> "promised".  I agree it would be nice, but its non-trivial.  Managing t=
he
> dependancies, especially for people tracking -current or -release, coul=
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> rasie a whole bunch of problems.  I hope it can be made to work though,
> but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Could someone explain why it would emerge such a big problem? Having the=20
default stuff (sendmail, postfix, openssh etc) installed in their current=
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place, but as packages, or maybe having them in a specific default-packag=
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location, with LOCALBASE set to that, and having them initially recorded =
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the package database shouldn't be that hard.=20

And, as obvious, this would make for example upgrading such packages from=
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pkgsrc much easier...

mortee