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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 13:23:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>
Cc:        "'FreeBSD questions'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Has lesstif been dropped from the packages
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905201321240.16070-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B5DF976@exchange.nectech.co.uk>

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On Thu, 20 May 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote:

> I've just had a look on
> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/packages/All and lesstif is
> definitely missing. I know I can get it from www.lesstif.org, but that's not
> my point.

OK, I looked at the port.  It isn't built since it interferes with other
package building on our automatic build box (it has MANUAL_PACKAGE_BUILD
defined) and may not have been built for your release.

It's distributed under the LGPL so it should be fine for CD distribution.
And you can always built it from the port.

> > > I've just looked at the 'packages' distribution for 3.1-RELEASE and
> > > 3.2-RELEASE on a mirror of ftp.cdrom.com (sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk) and
> > lesstif
> > > seems to be missing. Has it been dropped from the distribution?
> > 
> > No, some packages cannot be distributed due to license restrictions.  The
> > lesstif port should still be around.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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