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From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>
To: "'Leo Papandreou'" <leo@talcom.net>
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Subject: RE: Has lesstif been dropped from the packages
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 09:45:07 +0100
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Hi Leo,

Lesstif _used_ to be a package in 2.2.8 and before. That's my point, i.e. It
was a package in previous releases, but it's not anymore. 

In fact, you can download FreeBSD executables (tar.gz) for the latest
lesstif from www.lesstif.org which actually has the +CONTENTS, +DESC etc.
files within it, so the pkg_add command actually works. 

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Leo Papandreou [SMTP:leo@talcom.net]
> Sent:	Friday, May 21, 1999 2:35 AM
> To:	Bond, Jeffery
> Subject:	Re: Has lesstif been dropped from the packages
> 
> On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 10:21:47AM +0100, Bond, Jeffery wrote:
> > Hi Doug,
> > 
> > I've just had a look on
> > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/packages/All and lesstif is
> > definitely missing.
> 
> Its not a package, its a port. A package requires bundling the
> executeable which is not always possible due to licensing re-
> strictions. 
> 
> > I know I can get it from www.lesstif.org, but that's not
> > my point.
> 
> My point has always been if everyone in the world gave me one thin
> dime, I'd be rich. 
> 
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Doug White [SMTP:dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu]
> > > Sent:	Thursday, May 20, 1999 12:00 AM
> > > To:	Bond, Jeffery
> > > Cc:	'FreeBSD questions'
> > > Subject:	Re: Has lesstif been dropped from the packages
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Bond, Jeffery wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 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
> > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org
> > 
> > 
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