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Date:      Sat, 5 Dec 1998 17:04:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>
To:        chad@DCFinc.com
Cc:        kjhmdjd@ix.netcom.com, Freebsd-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Re-phrase of simple (?dumb) q. about ports
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9812051702540.6184-100000@phluffy.fks.bt>
In-Reply-To: <199812060005.RAA02255@freeway.dcfinc.com>

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> But the question is still a good one.  If a machine is running 2.2.7
> (for example), it makes sense to cvsup the ports collection as of the
> time that version was released.
> 
> Elsewise, you're gonna run into ELF vs a.out and other such
> confusions.

I've been cvsupping ports on my 2.2.6 box for a while without incident.  I
believe the makefiles check to see what version of FreeBSD you're running
(3.x vs. 2.x), though I haven't poked at them much.  

- Mike



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