Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 20:05:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "S(pork)" <spork@super-g.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Packages" questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961008200432.2709B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.92.961008141706.13803A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, S(pork) wrote: > I've been using this both with the install utility and with pkg_add > ftp://etc.... to add some packages. If I use pkg_add witht the ftp > option (I generally use the primary site) it will say at some point that it > is retrieving the index, and then present me with a list of available > packages. In particular I've been looking for rz/sz and fwtk. They are > both listed as available packages, but I always end up with a message > stating that the package is not available. The INDEX system lists _all_ available ported software, including ports. rzsz and fwtk in particular does not exist as a package due to legal restrictions; however the port works fine. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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