Subject: Re: pkg/36798: multimedia/ns-flash requires rpm2pkg
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 08/17/2007 16:35:02
The following reply was made to PR pkg/36798; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: obache@NetBSD.org, pkg-manager@NetBSD.org,
	gnats-admin@NetBSD.org, pkgsrc-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: pkg/36798: multimedia/ns-flash requires rpm2pkg
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:31:00 -0400

 On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:10:06 +0000 (UTC)
 "OBATA Akio" <obache@NetBSD.org> wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/36798; it has been noted by
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "OBATA Akio" <obache@netbsd.org>
 > To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: pkg/36798: multimedia/ns-flash requires rpm2pkg
 > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:08:27 +0900
 > 
 >  On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:30:03 +0900, Steven M. Bellovin
 > <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: 
 >  >  /usr/pkgsrc/mk/extract/extract: /usr/pkg/bin/rpm2pkg: not found
 >  
 >  Your mk/tools/replace.mk is probably old.  Please update to revision
 > 1.195. 
 
 Right, I have 1.194, from July 31.  I'll update it; thanks.
 
 >  >  >  Please send real errors.
 >  > I will assume that that is a language issue and not you trying to
 >  > be rude.
 >  
 >  The majority of the World people are not native English speaker:-)
 >  I often spend much much more more time writing English than solving
 > a problem. But I cannot write complete English...
 
 No problem -- and your English is much better than my Japanese...  (I
 added my comment because your phraseology was -- to a native English
 speaker -- rather rude.  I apologize for my remark.)
 
 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb