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Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk is broken
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * > 3:30am schneider -> /usr/ports/x11/xbuffy# make 
 * > ===>  xbuffy-3.3 : You
 * > have an old tcl installation on your machine.
 * > Remove everything that matches /usr/*/*tcl* first.
 * 
 * Not to worry - it seems that several people have been making various
 * changes to the ports collection lately which violate the principal of
 * least surprise and generate lots of tech support emails like this. :-)

Sorry, I was going to fix it but was kinda sidetracked by various
things.

However, it is interesting to note that nobody, I repeat nobody has
given me any hand in improving the error check and message.  That
includes several committers who were complaining about it on the
lists.  That is sad.

 * I'd like to see this check backed out, myself.  If its intention was
 * to protect the users, it's only confused the piss out of them.  I
 * should know because I get many such messages like this in my personal
 * inbox.  "What happened?  Why is it saying this now?  How can I make it
 * stop?"

Please forward those mails to me.  I will personally reply to anyone
who is inconvenienced by my changes.

Satoshi