Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:07:03 -0700 From: Rick Updegrove <freebsdstable@updegrove.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail selection options in sysinstall(8). Message-ID: <3F6B53D7.7010505@updegrove.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030919143135.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.20030919143135.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: >Most FreeBSD packages do allow you to use an arbitray prefix. See >pkg_add(8) for more info. The debate seems to be that djb@ doesn't >want any precompiled packages to have that flexibility for whatever >reason. If anyone is interested in the "whatever" see http://cr.yp.to/compatibility.html
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