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Date:      Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        sobomax@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: support for a.out in ports
Message-ID:  <200108281558.f7SFw1I06599@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B8B5BB8.778403AD@FreeBSD.org>

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On 28 Aug, Maxim Sobolev wrote:

>> They  are not  that  difficult  to add...  Should  the minor  numbers
>> be  tolerated?  Should  they  be welcome?  Should  they  be  actively
>> encouraged? Thanks,
>
> No, they shouldn't, unless it is a binary-only package.

They  should  not  what?  There  were  three  questions,  starting  with
"should", but only one answer :-)

> a.out support  is dead, and soon  will be retired from  bsd.port.mk as
> well.

If  this the  "official" position,  could you  provide the  reference or
something so I  can remove the minor numbers from  my ports' pkg-plists?
Thank you,

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