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From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
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Subject: Re: optional dependencies
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Until someone implements some kind of "capabilities" system, we're stuck
doing a bunch of logic in Makefiles.

One problem no one has come up with a good solution for is mixing
packages (with standard prerequisites) with installed ports (with
custom prerequisites).

mcl