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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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