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Date:      Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:33:53 -0500
From:      "Jacques A . Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, cjh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: why the extra ../ in some makefiles?
Message-ID:  <20000626083352.A18625@bone.nectar.com>
In-Reply-To: <3957B28B.19309.6C5D6DA5@localhost>; from dan@langille.org on Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 07:44:11PM %2B1200
References:  <3957AC72.23630.6C459D2F@localhost>; <20000626032658.P85886@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <3957B28B.19309.6C5D6DA5@localhost>

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On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 07:44:11PM +1200, Dan Langille wrote:
> > Because it is the masterdir for many www/*netscape* ports.
> 
> Ummm, OK.  But it is essentially /a/b/../b/.
> 
> There must be something within the structure I'm not understanding.

Slave ports point to the master via ../.

The master is a slave to itself. 

-- 
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org


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