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Date:      Sun, 29 Apr 2001 04:58:44 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        explorer87 <explorer87@wanadoo.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports
Message-ID:  <20010429045844.A82865@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <000701c0d08c$c240cf40$55d1fdc1@oemcomputer>; from explorer87@wanadoo.fr on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 11:14:12AM %2B0200
References:  <000701c0d08c$c240cf40$55d1fdc1@oemcomputer>

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On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 11:14:12AM +0200, explorer87 wrote:
> Why you can pack 5000 ported packages in only 10 MB ?
> What is the ingenious system ?

The genius of the ports system is that it goes and downloads the
software only when you ask for it.  That 10MB is infrastructure for
downloading, building and installing those 5000 applications.

Kris

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