From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Jan 17 12:53:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C3D715104 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org ([205.179.79.65]) by phoenix.volant.org with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #8) id 12AJ9l-0002X2-00; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:53:45 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA09809; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:53:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: What's happened to the rc5des port To: Omachonu Ogali Cc: ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Pascal Hofstee wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 01:08:58PM -0500, bush doctor wrote: > > > Does anyone know what's happening with the rc5des port? > > > > This one has been renamed to dnetc (distributed.net client) > > /usr/ports/misc/dnetc On 16-Jan-00 at 09:35, Omachonu Ogali (oogali@intranova.net) wrote: > But do we really need it? YES! Binary ports are -very- useful. * By appearing in the ports collection, they make it easy to find and verify FreeBSD support. * When licencing allows it, the distribution tarball can be included on the CD-ROMs; making life -much- easier for folks without fast internet connections. * The port will (usually) ensure that the files are installed into the locations dictated by hier. * The port/package installation mechanism keeps a database of installed packages, along with the contents, making it easy to un-install cleanly. * The port can install additional support files or scripts which might not have been provided by the base tarball. (Example config scripts tuned for FreeBSD, /usr/local/etc/rc.d startup scripts for daemons, etc.) -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message