In article <20061029213015.GI10449@apb-laptoy.apb.alt.za>,
Alan Barrett  <apb@cequrux.com> wrote:
>It's sometimes useful to use kermit over a serial console
>to get software onto a remote host.
>
>Would it be OK to add gkermit to the base system?  See
><ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/archives/gku100.tar.gz> or
>pkgsrc/comms/gkermit.
>
>From the ANNOUNCE file in the distribution:
>
>    G-Kermit is command-line only (no interactive commands or scripting)
>    and remote-mode only (no making connections).  It has an extremely
>    simple user interface, and implements a large subset of the Kermit
>    protocol in a small amount of highly portable code.
>
>I propose to put the sources in gnu/dist, a reachover Makefile in
>gnu/usr.bin, install in /usr/bin/gkermit, and possibly add it to
>/rescue.

I think this is a good idea.

christos