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To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: Pkg_info and friends 
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Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 15:19:51 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
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> Jordan, could you please explain what's going on with all the pkg_*
> programs ? Why do they have to use tar for ?

Because packages are just smart tarballs.. :-)

You need the latest mk files and tar to use the pkg_install suite
as it currently stands, though there's also a big in pkg_info which
I'll go look at now..  Thanks for reminding me!

					Jordan