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From: Hans Zaunere <zaunere@yahoo.com>
Subject: Patches Question
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I notice that a lot of applications need to be patched
to work on FreeBSD correctly.  I am wondering, from a
strictly technical standpoint, what these patches are
for.  How are they common?  What is it about FreeBSD
that makes these patches neseccary?

Thank you,

Hans Z
zaunere@yahoo.com

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