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Subject: Re: Ports explosion
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * cannot open /disk/ports/archivers/zip/patches/patch-*: no such file

 * Looks like the patch file is missing.  I'll keep reporting these as I find 
 * them...

Actually, the patches directory is not supposed to be there.  My guess
is that you did a "cvs update" without the "-P" (prune) option.

At any rate, reporting how you got the port in question (ftp, sup,
cvs, from where), would really help in diagnosing these problems.

Satoshi