Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 23:57:57 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get Message-ID: <37EB9175.82CD58DC@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909241742410.2991-100000@kone.kala.net>
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Jaakko Salomaa wrote: > > It's designed to be easy to use, so it first checks -s parameter, then > PKGSERVER environment variable, then the machine's toplevel domain. If the > toplevel domain contains only two letters it attemps to use > ftp.<tld>.freebsd.org, else it defaults to ftp.freebsd.org and prompts > whether the user wants to use it. Well... that's better than directing all users of the world automatically to ftp.freebsd.org. :-) -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Thus, over the years my wife and I have physically diverged. While I have zoomed toward a crusty middle-age, she has instead clung doggedly to the sweet bloom of youth. Naturally I think this unfair. Yet, if it was the other way around, I confess I wouldn't be happy either." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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