From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 9 15:33:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B260B37B401; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:33:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211E543E64; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:33:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsi@panix.com) Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5A9982EE; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:33:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rsi@localhost) by panix1.panix.com (8.11.3nb1/8.8.8/PanixN1.0) id g69MXFp19435; Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:33:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200207092233.g69MXFp19435@panix1.panix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: panix1.panix.com: rsi set sender to rsi@panix.com using -f To: "Artem Tepponen" Cc: "Doug Barton" , "Garrett Wollman" , , Subject: Re: Package system flaws? References: <5235EF9BAE6B7F4CB3735789EEF73B296E614A@turtle.egar.egartech.com> <200207092230.g69MUZu18917@panix1.panix.com> From: Rajappa Iyer Date: 09 Jul 2002 18:33:15 -0400 Reply-To: rsi@panix.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rajappa Iyer writes: > Well, recall that we do have ports that install third-party binaries > (e.g. netscape). I agree that someone has to create a port entry for > the package, but then someone has to create the package too. Whoops, what I meant to write was: someone has to create the metadata for the package anyway. -- a.k.a. Rajappa Iyer. They also surf who stand in the waves. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message