Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:34:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PKG-ADD suggestion Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0211112131240.3902-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <3DD03FDF.5020302@rogers.com>
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Mike Jeays wrote: > It would be useful if pkg_add had an option that made it store a > copy of the tarball on the local machine whenever it had to > fetch it with FTP. Perhaps it could be triggered by defining an I agree (because I didn't want package re-ftp'd when there were problems). I worked on a patch for NetBSD's pkg_add to do that. You may want to use a mailing list that discusses the package tools (maybe freebsd-ports). You may want to check the open reports to see if someone has suggested it before. Jeremy C. Reed http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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