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From: trs@azstarnet.com (Tim  Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Missing packages in ftp?
Date: 28 Nov 1995 02:33:14 GMT
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SO Kwok Tsun (ktso@decmgt.csc.cuhk.hk) wrote:
: I have tried to install some packages but it seems that some are
: missing. For example, elm, pgp, etc. Is it normal?

    Check the ports/ distribution.  Also, pgp is hampered by all sorts
    of restrictions, because it's considered to be munitions.  See the
    Where-to-get-PGP faq.  Once you download it, you can 'make 386bsd'
    and it will compile no problem.

Tim