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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 00:11:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@nike.efn.org>
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> I don't think that staging it would be a good idea.  What I want is
> basically "fetch this monster tarball" and "extract this monster into
> /compat/linux".  What I'm not so sure about is which parts of the port
> process it should attach to. 

I'm not that familiar with the ports system...  but can't you over ride
targets like extract, build, and clean??  just a thought... ttyl..

John-Mark

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