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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:38:50 -0400
From: Valeriu Mutu <vmutu@pcbi.upenn.edu>
To: David Gurvich <david.gurvich@verizon.net>
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Subject: Re: Find what options a precompiled package uses
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On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 10:33:27AM -0400, David Gurvich wrote:
> I don't want to know what options are set for building a port.
> I want to know what options were used in a previously built port that
> is either available as a tar file or installed on a system, preferably
> checking the tar file for the options.
You might find some hints by downloading/unpacking the package and using 'ldd' on the binary to see what shared libraries it is linked to.

Valeriu

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