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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake Makefile distinfo pkg-plist 
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> On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:28:22 EST, "David W. Chapman Jr." wrote:
>
> > I was always told to patch configure.in whenever possible instead of
> > configure.  That's the only reason I do it.
>
> When you're contributing patches back to the author, that makes sense.
>
I was told this when I was patching ports by my mentor(don't disown me
mentor person!!!)




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