Hi all,

How do we know it's a binary package (we can download something from the binary
folder and forget from where it comes if days pass)

Do the extensions of the binary package be .tar.gz ? (if so that is the
explanation why MacOS Install software do not let me install these files...)

Emile


Jim Watson wrote:
>Is the installer 1.1g suppose to install software in the same place as
>the pkg_add program...

Ken Nakata answers:
>No, not at all.  Installer *should* *not* be used to install precompiled
>binary packages.  Currently, there's no MacOS-side utility to install
>precompiled binary packages, so you have to use NetBSD pkg_add command.