From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 10 17:09:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA27203 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:09:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flarn.dyn.ml.org (mph@usr123.third-wave.com [147.72.122.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27104 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:09:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mph@flarn.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from mph@localhost) by flarn.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA29356; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:08:48 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mph) Message-ID: <19980610200848.A29298@flarn.dyn.ml.org> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:08:48 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt To: Darren Reed , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: further on missing packages... References: <199806102342.QAA21630@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199806102342.QAA21630@hub.freebsd.org>; from Darren Reed on Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 09:42:37AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 11, 1998 at 09:42:37AM +1000, Darren Reed wrote: > As a case example, a dependency is there somewhere for rzsz-3.48. I suppose so. If something needs rzsz, then there will be a dependency for it. > There is no rzsz on CD's #1 or #4, #2 is live filesystem, #3 has some > patches but there is no installable package (nothing to run pkg_add on). Right. The license for that software prohibits redistribution. Read /usr/ports/LEGAL or /usr/ports/comms/rzsz/Makefile. > That something else depends on it seems somewhat broken to me if there > is no complete package provided. No, nothing is broken. There's not much we can do about another package needing it, and it's not our fault that the license prohibits a package being put on the CD. -- Matthew Hunt * Stay close to the Vorlon. http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message