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Subject: Re: SoC2009: libpkg, pkg tools rewrite
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David Forsythe <freebsd.org!dforsyth@agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
> This summer I'll be working on creating a package library and
> using that library to rewrite the pkg tools ...

As of last July there seemed to be no way to specify a mixture
of local and remote repositories for pkg_add (discussion here):

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2008-July/178710.html

It would be good to get that capability added if it has not already
been done.