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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote:
> I guess what FreeBSD needs is a good port of the apt system Should not
> be difficult. It can let pkg_xxx do all the installing etc. Would be
> cool if one existed :)

I believe that is spelt 'fink' in certain corners of the *BSD world.

   http://fink.sourceforge.net/

We look forward to your patches integrating this with the FreeBSD
ports system.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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