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Re: loadlin in wnpp



hello,
* Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> [2004-09-26 12:30]:
> Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> writes:
> > everytime i get the wnpp packages as an email i see loadlin in it.
> > i dont understand why this is a wnpp because its a program running under
> > dos and not under linux.
> 
> Do you think that LILO and GRUB should not be in Debian then?
> Their most important code does not run under Linux either.

i am not quite shure but as far as i know nothing of the loadlin code
runs under linux.
from apt-cache show:
Description: a loader (running under DOS) ...
it runs under dos and i think i am not a member of the debian gnu/dos
conspiracy. please if i understand something wrong make it clear.
regards nico
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