Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:04:02 -0400 (EDT) From: James Robinson <james@hermes.cybernetics.net> To: ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: jackson@cs.odu.edu Subject: packages for FreeBSD (fwd) Message-ID: <199504191604.MAA06471@hermes.cybernetics.net>
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[This was sent to the WWW mailing list -- I'm forwarding it to the ports list -- james] Forwarded message: > From httpd@freefall.cdrom.com Wed Apr 19 12:01:26 1995 > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 09:01:13 -0700 > Message-Id: <199504191601.JAA22773@freefall.cdrom.com> > Subject: packages for FreeBSD > From: jackson@cs.odu.edu (WWW Form) > To: www@freefall.cdrom.com > > The machine this came from was: fog.cs.odu.edu > > I have checked the CD's and the ftp sites and most packages > tar files are lacking the man pages. Just try and run > pkg_add on xsnow, for example. You'll that there are no > man pages in the archive. > > The only way to circumvent this is to port over the entire > package, a cumbersome and lengthy process (but it ultimately > works). Is there a better site for packages, or is this > just an oversight? >
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