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Date:      03 Jun 2000 19:18:12 -0700
From:      asami@FreeBSD.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami)
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@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:  <vqcog5irxy3.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: Kris Kennaway's message of "Sat, 3 Jun 2000 02:26:25 -0700 (PDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006030225400.76536-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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 * From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>

 * > 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 :-)

I'm not saying it emulates anything, but we already have a few ports
in emulators that work with foreign archive formats and don't emulate
anything either.

If people want to move those to archivers as well, that's fine with
me.  All I want is consistency.

Satoshi


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