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From: Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT avail
To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 06:18:54 +0000 (GMT)
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>  * The @exec statement builds the cache files and the root index.html file.
> 
> Isn't this already done when you install the package?  Note the @exec
> statement in pkg/PLIST is not run when you do a regular install.  And
> since this port is NO_PACKAGE, this statement is totally ignored.

The machine where the package is being built or first-time installed might
differ from the machine where the unpacking will occur. The package files
are there ready for when it becomes a more practical proposition.

Adam