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From: banana split <nokia6170@...>
To: alexander <alexander@...>
Cc: misc <misc@...>
Subject: Re: build a release
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008 - 2:44 am

> I'm not sure that building the system from source is the primary target

man pages & faqs are amazing so it is quite impossible that things go wrong.

however there are no snapshots since 6 may and because many interesting things

were added to the tree building from the source was the only way to get in

my bad! my apologies! it will never happen!
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From: Alexander Hall <alexander@...>
To: banana split <nokia6170@...>
Cc: misc <misc@...>
Subject: Re: build a release
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008 - 2:42 pm

Dear Mr Banana,


I was talking in general terms, which may or may not apply to you.

However many people coming from other os'es (in particular linux-based

ones) do not understand that using openbsd seldom _need_ to include 


Now that's a good reason for compiling from source, assuming you can 


I actually cannot tell whether you are being sarcastic or honest, but

anyway don't worry. Keep on exploring this new OS, and you'll probably

in time be as addicted to it as many of us.


/Alexander
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