Subject: pkg/13983: please remove pkgsrc/archivers/szdd
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <collver@linuxfreemail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/16/2001 21:27:45
>Number: 13983
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: please remove pkgsrc/archivers/szdd
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 16 21:27:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:
>Release: NetBSD 1.5.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD glen 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (GLEN) #0: Tue Jul 24 15:07:21 PDT 2001 root@glen:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GLEN i386
>Description:
The author of "szdd" has informed me that "szdd" is a backend to
another program, so "szdd" is not as robust as a standalone program
ought to be. He suggested using instead "mscompress/msexpand",
which is now committed to pkgsrc (pkg/13767)
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