[nycbug-talk] mtree

[pete wright]

On 1/24/06, Jan Schaumann <jschauma at netmeister.org> wrote:
> pete wright <nomadlogic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to find a way to deploy mtree on some linux systems but am
> > having a hard time finding any info on where i may be able to find
> > sources and if anyone in the gnu/linux world is even working on mtree.
> >  i know this is the wrong list to ask linux questions on...but mtree
> > is a bsd tool....so it's kinda relevant ;)
>
> /usr/pkgsrc/pkgtools/mtree
>
> NetBSD's mtree is part of the pkgsrc tools, so bootstrapping pkgsrc
> builds mtree.  You can, of course, rip out the files and build it by
> hand if you don't want to use pkgsrc, but then again, why wouldn't you?
> ;-)

while I'd love to use pkgsrc, heck I'd love to use BSD in general, but
that is unfortunately not an option.  It seems we have put all our
egg's in the rpm basket.  Thanks Jan!

-p


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