Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 02:26:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/archivers Makefile ports/archivers/macutil Makefile ports/archivers/macutil/files md5 ports/archivers/macutil/patches patch-aa ports/archivers/macutil/pkg COMMENT DESCR PLIST Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006030225400.76536-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <vqc8zwnt908.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On 3 Jun 2000, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> * From: Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org>
>
> * Add the macutil port, which allows us to create and extract archives from
> * the Mac world in formats such as binhex.
>
> Thanks, but ports that deal with binary formats of other operating
> systems should go in emulators, not archivers. (Incidentally, there
> already is a port called "macutils" there....)
This emulates nothing, it extracts files from binhex archives, analogously
to all of the other ports in archivers :-)
Kris
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