Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:08:48 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: further on missing packages... Message-ID: <19980610200848.A29298@flarn.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199806102342.QAA21630@hub.freebsd.org>; from Darren Reed on Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 09:42:37AM %2B1000 References: <199806102342.QAA21630@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 09:42:37AM +1000, Darren Reed wrote: > As a case example, a dependency is there somewhere for rzsz-3.48. I suppose so. If something needs rzsz, then there will be a dependency for it. > There is no rzsz on CD's #1 or #4, #2 is live filesystem, #3 has some > patches but there is no installable package (nothing to run pkg_add on). Right. The license for that software prohibits redistribution. Read /usr/ports/LEGAL or /usr/ports/comms/rzsz/Makefile. > That something else depends on it seems somewhat broken to me if there > is no complete package provided. No, nothing is broken. There's not much we can do about another package needing it, and it's not our fault that the license prohibits a package being put on the CD. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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