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Re: ports and packages lists

To: Arno Kruse <kruse@kruse-ict.nl>
Subject: Re: ports and packages lists
From: Heikki Korpela <heko@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:59:11 +0300 (EEST)
Cc: <ports@openbsd.org>
In-reply-to: <3B8CE2E3.94B07646@kruse-ict.nl>
Reply-to: <heko@iki.fi>
Sender: owner-ports@openbsd.org
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Arno Kruse wrote:

> Are there any lists available with a short description of a port/package
> like http://www.openbsd.org/2.7_packages/i386.html ? That would really
> help people a lot of people who need software and like to use the
> ports/packages collection because they do not want to or are not able to
> compile from source. The only problem is, those people often do not know
> what package can be used for what purposes, because they dont know the
> software.

I guess we should mention it in ports.html that you're strongly encouraged
to have the ports tree (which is *very* small itself) and use things like
make readmes or make search key=foo.

This information *is* in the archives, but nevertheless..



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