The remote option allows for automatic package fetching and installation
using the package repository found on wcarchive. Naturally, this site
can be overridden with a enviornment variable.
This code uses getobjformat() and getosreldate(). This means when some event
causes the package to be fetched to change (such as e-day) the logic also
needs to be changed.
Sorta reviewed by: jkh
Code suggestions: peter, jkh, eivind, msmith