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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Myron Plichota <myron.plichota@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Package compression format changed
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On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 06:42:50PM -0400, Myron Plichota wrote:
> I am an enthusiastic FreeBSD newbie, just smart enough to search for a
> mailing list like this one. Would it be possible to make an exception to
> the new .tbz format package policy for pkg_add itself (i.e. provide it
> in .tgz format)? I suggest this in the hope that a painless and simple
> upgrade could be performed using something like:
>=20
>  pkg_add -r pkg_add

Not easily, but we're looking at other solutions.

Kris

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