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Date:      Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:40:19 -0700
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PPP over OpenSSL
Message-ID:  <19990816114019.A21905@wopr.caltech.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908161108010.356-100000@guru.phone.net>; from Mike Meyer on Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 11:10:06AM -0700
References:  <199908161801.CAA03222@netrinsics.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908161108010.356-100000@guru.phone.net>

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On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 11:10:06AM -0700, Mike Meyer wrote:

> No, that just means the port is trivial, not unnecessary. Adding it as
> a port means that it's got a record in the list of avaiable
> applications, and that a package for it should wind up on the CD-ROM
> distribution. These are Good Things(TM), and to be encouraged.

And also that a list of the installed files is recorded in /var/db/pkg,
making it possible to remove the software using pkg_delete, instead of
doing it by hand and perhaps forgetting some bits.

And also that if the maintainer is conscientious about keeping the port
synchronized with the software, users can find out about updates by
watching for the "New/Updated Ports" announcement.

Matt, who would want true(1) in Ports if it weren't in the base system.

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * Science rules.
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/           *


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