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From: reyes01@ibm.net
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Suggestion for pkg_manage program
Date: 4 Jan 1997 04:55:15 GMT
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While installing Modula-3 from the packages my /var volume ran out of space.
It would be very helpful if pkg_manage would display the amount of space
required for a package. It could be a range such as: min xxx, max yyy.