Missing packages

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Mon Oct 27 10:04:40 PST 2003


On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:25:02AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote:
> 
> >From: Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org>
> >
> >On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:06:10AM +0100, Koffie Yahoo wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> At least two of the packages from 5.1-RELEASE/i386 are missing from the 
> >ftp
> >> server:
> >>
> >> category multimedia: win32-codecs-011002.2.0.90.p7
> >> category editors: xemacs-21.4.12
> >
> >win32-codecs may not be redistributed for license reasons.
> 
> Shouldn't this be a reason to remove it from the ports collection?

Of course not, users who comply with the license (probably "personal
use") can download and build the port.

> >xemacs21 cannot be packaged because a dependency (faces) is marked
> >NO_PACKAGE.  This should be easy to fix if anyone cares.
> 
> Can I help with this?

Sure, thanks.

Kris
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