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Date:      Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:32:07 -0500
From:      "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
To:        "Peter Jeremy" <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FREEBSD_4_EOL tag, last known index file?
Message-ID:  <d7195cff0707161032u7d2cc409pa0d9752464ad5f58@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070716120022.GD65937@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
References:  <20070715220530.GA20656@regurgitate.ugcs.caltech.edu> <20070715225950.GU37472@droso.net> <20070715235933.GA5504@regurgitate.ugcs.caltech.edu> <20070716120022.GD65937@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>

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On 16/07/07, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:

>                         . . . Likewise, there's no rule that says you must build
> third-party software using the ports system.  You are free to maintain
> third-party software using its native configuration mechanisms.

For a drop-in replacement for freebsd's ports system:
I believe that netbsd's pkgsrc works on 4.x, albeit with
plenty of caveation.

http://netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html
seems to indicate that they still provide binaries for
3.5 and 4.7!

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