Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:33:09 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: staroffice-3.1 Message-ID: <19991005233308.A73112@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991005180253.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> References: <19991005224000.G24928@florence.pavilion.net> <XFMail.991005180253.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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On Tue, Oct 05, 1999 at 06:02:53PM -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > On 05-Oct-99 Josef Karthauser wrote: > > We could have a binary port - netscape is :) Seriously the main problem with > > Where are we going to get the file? I'm not aware that Sun's made it available > without having to go through a CGI. The new netscape port asks people to fetch the file themselves because fetch isn't smart enough to do an https: request. There's no reason why we can't get the user to fetch manually also and then dump it into /usr/ports/distfiles in the same way; at least until a better solution is found. Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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