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Hi,
Reference:
> From:		"Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> 
> Date:		Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:07:40 +0200 
> Message-id:	<201109020107.p8217eFJ089679@fire.js.berklix.net> 

I wrote:
> Microsoft must grin at all us BSD, Linux, maybe Solaris & presumably
> even now http://www.minix3.org free source enthusiasts reinventing
> similar old ports shims for same old 3rd party wheels:. 

FYI:
http://www.minix3.org ->
http://wiki.minix3.org/en/UsersGuide/InstallingBinaryPackages ->
http://pkgin.net/
"
pkgin is known to work and have been tested under the following platforms :
    * NetBSD 4.0
    * NetBSD 5.{0,1}
    * NetBSD current
    * DragonFly BSD 2.0 to 2.8
    * DragonFly BSD current
    * Solaris 10/SunOS 5.10
    * Opensolaris/SunOS 5.11
    * Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
    * Mac OS X 10.{5,6}
    * MINIX 3.1.8
"

No /pub/FreeBSD/branches/-current/ports/ports-mgmt/pkgin .
I'm not familiar with pkgin, but nice to see OS co-operation.

Cheers,
Julian
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