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From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu>
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Subject: "Version required:" Makefile comment
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Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 01:31:30 -0700 (PDT)
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Just what is the 
"# Version required:     2.2 [things like "1.5alpha" are fine here too]"
line in a port's Makefile for?  Is the version of FBSD required or the
port?  Is it actually checked anywhere?

-- David    (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)