Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 19:23:26 -0500 From: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bash in /usr/local/bin? Message-ID: <3B786F7E.9060705@yahoo.com> References: <3B74D180.D036D629@hway.net> <3B75D33D.68368F22@softweyr.com> <3B764D47.6060902@yahoo.com> <20010812152709.A73284@NewGold.NET> <3B76FD51.40805@yahoo.com> <20010813073451.5b874e7e.steveo@eircom.net> <3B779A50.7050807@yahoo.com> <20010813122957.B2472@dragon.nuxi.com>
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DOD/DFAS, as well as DOD/DISA. I find it amazing that the CIA has a more lax policy than DFAS and DISA. David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 04:13:52AM -0500, Jim Bryant wrote: > >>from what i've read here, not many undrestand the actual mindset of the >>military when it comes to computing. >> >>the closest would be the guy who mentioned that since ports are on the >>CD's that they should be acceptable, this is incorrect. >> > > You are making sweeping generalizations. Please stop and be specific > which parts of the military. It is correct for the CIA. > > The CIA[*] will not let you bring in any download bits off the net (or > floppies containing them) to compile locally and install. HOWEVER, if > the bits come on a CDROM from a commercial vendor, they are "OK". So in > the FreeBSD case, packages are on the commercial 4-disc set, and thus can > be installed. In older days for Solaris, one had to find a CD offering > from say Walnut Creek CDROM that contained precompiled versions of GNU > bits for Solaris. Again, if it was something their purchasing could buy > from a vendor an receive it was OK. jim -- ET has one helluva sense of humor! He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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