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Date:      Fri, 24 May 1996 02:50:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Chris J. Layne" <coredump@nervosa.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr>, gpalmer@freebsd.org, phk@critter.tfs.com, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: src/gnu
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960524025030.538A-100000@onyx.nervosa.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605240638.QAA13532@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Fri, 24 May 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

>   - distribute the port frame unpacked, ie. at the 'make configure' state.
>     This would mean no extracting, no tarball, configuring or patching
>     unless you blew away the .configure_done file.  From the point of view
>     of the average 'worlder' this would make for the least impact.
>     When a new GCC was brought in, it would have a new directory name under
>     work/, so the old one could just be thrown out/attic-ed, so no more
>     move/rename hassles.

Good idea!

> ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au    [[

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