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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:20:47 +0000
From:      Francis Jordan <frankrj@netscape.net>
To:        Jaakko Salomaa <jsalomaa@saunalahti.fi>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A new package fetching utility, pkg_get
Message-ID:  <37EBB2EF.D1F602CE@netscape.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909241742410.2991-100000@kone.kala.net>

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Jaakko Salomaa wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> 
> > > This is quite interesting and I'm looking at it now.  Just one quick
> > > question though - why did you "roll your own" ftp I/O handling instead
> > > of simply using fetch(3) or ftpio(3)?
> >
> BTW, I'm now utilizing ftpio(3) instead of my own kludge, I'll probably
> send a new message to -hackers when the new version is ready. (I'm going
> to spend a few days somewhere else.)


Why not fetch(3)?   I was under the impression that fetch(3) supersedes
ftpio(3).

Frank


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