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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.7 Cdrom install of Emacs hangs
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 00:38:58 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Robert Withrow wrote:
> 
> Any idea why every attempt to install emacs on a 2.1.7
> system from the 2.1.7 CDROM using the installer hangs?

There was a bug. :-)

It's fixed in later releases.

> A manual install using pkg_add works fine...
> 
> Any workaround?

Yeah, do a manual install using pkg_add. ;-)
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.