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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:58:22 -0400
From:      Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why is xtend in the base system?
Message-ID:  <19980420175822.A4615@rtfm.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420161931.523T-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from Matthew N. Dodd on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400
References:  <19980420155034.A4214@rtfm.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420161931.523T-100000@sasami.jurai.net>

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On Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 04:20:22PM -0400, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Nathan Dorfman wrote:
> > Why is xtend in the base system, anyway? It's definitely not
> > essential, AFAICS. Maybe it should be moved into ports?
> 
> Because it uses kernel drivers and would be prone to getting crufty if it
> wasn't in the base.

Why can't this be done as an lkm that is installed from a port/package?

> Leave it be, I actually want to play with X10 at some point.

Yeah, if I could find whatever hw I needed for it, controlling my
house from my computer would be great. Unless, of course, it was
a Linux box. Yikes. ;)

Please don't Cc: me when replying to the list, I get the same message
twice (mutt will stop doing this if you define the list using :lists
and then use the L key for list-reply).

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