Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Spider <spider@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion: virtual/telnet
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 01:52:38
Message-Id: 20031228014130.2628218b.spider@gentoo.org
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2 On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:06:14 +0000
3 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote:
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5 > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:03:23 +0100 Spider <spider@g.o> wrote:
6 > | Well,
7 > | this is something that a lot of users ask about (how do I get
8 > | telnet?)
9 >
10 > Wouldn't it be better to educate the users to get rid of that 'type in
11 > emerge telnet to install telnet' mentality?
12 >
13
14 That too, but since we have a nice virtuals support, why not use it when
15 we have multiple packages that stand for the same functionality? ;)
16
17 //Spider
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Re: [gentoo-dev] suggestion: virtual/telnet Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>