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Date:      Sat, 3 Jun 2000 02:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/macutil   Makefile ports/archivers/macutil/files md5          ports/archivers/macutil/patches patch-aa ports/archivers/macutil/pkg       COMMENT DESCR PLIST
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006030225400.76536-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <vqc8zwnt908.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>

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On 3 Jun 2000, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:

>  * From: Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>
> 
>  *   Add the macutil port, which allows us to create and extract archives from
>  *   the Mac world in formats such as binhex.
> 
> Thanks, but ports that deal with binary formats of other operating
> systems should go in emulators, not archivers.  (Incidentally, there
> already is a port called "macutils" there....)

This emulates nothing, it extracts files from binhex archives, analogously
to all of the other ports in archivers :-)

Kris

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