On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Andy R wrote:

> --- Hume Smith <hclsmith@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > building up a new machine for a local business, I
> > found it's become a little
> > difficult to get a pkgsrc started on a new, bare
> > machine

> > CVS is not always precompiled (eg not in
> >
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/1.5.3/i386/All
> > right now).
> >
> > In the end I compiled CVS at home and installed it
> > on the bare machine to pull
> > the rest down; but what's the right way? should
> > there perhaps be a policy of
> > presenting a compiled CVS package for each arch
> ASAP?
>
> What you are saying here is a valid argument to make,
> but it's really a design consideration of the base OS
> and I doubt they are going to change it.

No, actually, cvs is part of the base OS now for pretty much the
reasons described. 1.5.3 is only a maintenance release for 1.5. You'll
see it in 1.6 and newer.

Frederick