Re: pkg/36798: multimedia/ns-flash requires rpm2pkg

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/36798; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: obache%NetBSD.org@localhost, pkg-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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@localhost> wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/36798; it has been noted by
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > 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@localhost> 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