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From: Jeremy McSpadden <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet?
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:07:40
Message-Id: 9F9641EC-4A06-4030-A870-AB4734FC52B9@uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet? by Alan Mackenzie
1 [I] net-misc/netkit-telnetd
2 Available versions: 0.17-r6 0.17-r8 ~0.17-r9 ~0.17-r10
3 Installed versions: 0.17-r8(04:51:44 11/19/09)
4 Homepage: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
5 Description: Standard Linux telnet client and server
6
7 learn to search portage. either "eix" or "emerge -s"
8
9 Jeremy
10
11 On Apr 7, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
12
13 > Hi, Gentoo!
14 >
15 > I would like a telnet client installed on my gentoo amd64 system. When I
16 > try
17 > emerge telnet
18 > , I get told that telnet doesn't exist.
19 >
20 > What am I doing wrong? Is there a telnet client on gentoo?
21 >
22 > --
23 > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
24 >
25 >
26 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Why can't I emerge telnet? Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de>