On 29 Aug 2001, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
> Nick Holland writes:
> > You have repeatedly, on your dns@ list, advised people to just
> > download the source from your sites and install it by your directions
> > (which ARE rather straight forward and trivial), not use ports, RPMs,
> > etc.
>
> False. Here's what actually happened:
>
> * Someone had trouble with the FreeBSD port of daemontools.
> * I explained that the port didn't work correctly.
> * I recommended following the official installation instructions.
> * I recommended complaining to the port author.
The careful reader might want to compare the above to the original text
and decide for himself if this is ``what actually happened''. Note the
quotation marks around port and the words 'unauthorized' and
'unsupported'.
(http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=djbdns&m=99672234530662&w=2)
D. J. Bernstein wrote:
| ``The port'' is unauthorized and unsupported. It does not correctly
| install daemontools. Remove it, and do the installation properly:
|
| http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/install.html
|
| Then complain to the author of ``the port.''
|