Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 04:31:29 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kyryll A Mirnenko <mirya@ukrpost.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why .tgz packages for 4.x Message-ID: <20040315123129.GA24507@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <22874700.1079347710477.JavaMail.resin@web.ukrpost.net> References: <22874700.1079347710477.JavaMail.resin@web.ukrpost.net>
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--xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 12:48:30PM +0200, Kyryll A Mirnenko wrote: > Don't you know why 4.x packages're distributed tar gzipped for 4.x? > pkg_(?:add|update) understands both .tgz/.tbz but the last saves > ~20% of my time & money while downloading from mirror 1) Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily read. 2) This was attempted in the past, but it caused a lot of problems for users during the transition. 5.x has .tbz packages. Kris --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVaIgWry0BWjoQKURAqKGAJ4otZ0Jqf2ds1E5fe6qQrFNxeFbjwCaAzd/ JmeVU0KOo7wV96JyhJcyoLM= =e4nx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V--
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