From: Thor Lancelot Simon (tlsrek.tjls.com)
Date: Fri May 14 2004 - 19:29:08 CDT

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On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 05:01:57PM -0700, Jon Buller wrote:
> Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> >
> > Uh, it's pretty hard to install packages on a system where pkg_add
> > "hasn't been ported or doesn't exist", isn't it?
>
> Unless I have (for the sake of a really sick example) a windows
> box with internet connectivity, and want to pull packages onto that
> box, verify them, and move them off (by sneakernet) to the "N"
> boxes where they are actually getting installed.
>
> Is anyone ever going to want to do something that lame?

Well, if he does, at least he can check S/MIME signatures with stuff
built into Windows (or just about any other operating system, these
days). That's not the case for GPG signatures.

Thor

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