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Date:      Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:34:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909281133500.45191-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <37F02000.654DDFEA@softweyr.com>

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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Wes Peters wrote:

> Ben Rosengart wrote:
> > 
> > Well, I for one would like a command that fetches a package without
> > installing it.  I don't see any option to pkg_add for that.
> 
> See fetch(1).  ;^)
> 
> (Sorry, catching up after a weekend of the flu.)

But pkg_add knows where to find the packages, and fetch doesn't.

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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