Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 07:24:54 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting /usr/ports everywhere... Message-ID: <6198.857748294@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Mar 1997 07:16:21 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.970307071407.1967A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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> > /usr/ports with no distfiles is *small* - about 31MB for 810 ports > > right now, which seems a very reasonable cost/benefit ratio to me. > > > Comments? Partially fermented fruit? > > Definitely. The tarball is much smaller than 31MB, 3.35MB as of 970304. Well, yes, that's the gzip'd tarball. To be useful, however, /usr/ports needs to be extracted and that's 31MB. ;) Jordan
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