Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 14:18:07 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Chris Fletcher <fletch@aneki.sub.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kermit Message-ID: <199904032018.OAA66194@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Chris Fletcher <fletch@aneki.sub.net.au> of "Sun, 04 Apr 1999 00:19:55 %2B1000." <3706238B.25FBA989@aneki.sub.net.au>
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Chris Fletcher writes: > Hello there. > > I have just installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 from CD and wanted to install > Minicom. This package has > kermit as a listed dependancy. However I can't find kermit on the CD's > or on the FreeBSD ftp site. > > I have removed the kermit dependancy from the script and installed > without it. (I'll live without it) > but I would be curious as to where the package can be obtained. # cd /usr/ports/comms/kermit # make install The above will download, verify, patch, compile, and install kermit. You might notice in /usr/ports/comms/kermit/Makefile the line: RESTRICTED= "'No redistribution' copyright" Which means one can't put kermit on CDROM or ftp site without special permission from the copyright holders. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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