Re: port-amiga/45443 (No gzip binary for AmigaOS on NetBSD/Amiga ISO for unzipping miniroot.fs.gz)

[Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs%altum.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-amiga/45443; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs%altum.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amiga/45443 (No gzip binary for AmigaOS on NetBSD/Amiga ISO
 for unzipping miniroot.fs.gz)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:33:03 +0200

 On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 08:10:47AM +0000, is%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 > Synopsis: No gzip binary for AmigaOS on NetBSD/Amiga ISO for unzipping 
 > miniroot.fs.gz
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: is%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > State-Changed-When: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:10:46 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Can't people just get Geek Gadgets (e.g.) to have access to gzip nowadays?
 > What do you think about that?
 
 I think that the miniroot should be installable straight from the NetBSD 
CDROM. It already comes with xstreamtodev, so why can't it also come with 
either gzip or an unzipped miniroot? Requiring people to install additional 
stuff is not the best idea IMHO.
 
 Bye...
 
        Dirk