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Date:      Sat, 25 Sep 1999 13:35:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909251334540.21508-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909241546160.71250-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Bill Fumerola wrote:

> I don't see why we need a pkg_get or whatever when pkg_add already has
> remote (with or without -r) functions, and adds dependencies just fine.

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.

--
 Ben Rosengart

UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
StarMedia Network, Inc.



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