Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 13:36:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a better idea for package dependencies Message-ID: <200005091736.NAA08092@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000509102912.D28677@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20000509075209.D6350@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005091320490.11996-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <20000509102912.D28677@dragon.nuxi.com>
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<<On Tue, 9 May 2000 10:29:12 -0700, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> said:
> Packages (ie, those things that pkg_{create,add,delete,info} operate on
> are created with in /usr/ports.
Not necessarily, and certainly not in the very beginning. I remember
a number of times seeing a third-party software vendor who provided
their product in that form, just as many third-party vendors now ship
*.rpm files (and always shipped SCO and Solaris ``packages'').
-GAWollman
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