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Subject: Re: /usr/ports/distfiles - did I screw the pooch here?
To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami | =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?=)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 10:50:56 +0200 (MET DST)
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Satoshi Asami | =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQHUbKEI=?= =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCOCsbKEIgGyRCOC0bKEI=?= wrote:
> 
> 
> Why don't we change it to a symbolic link?  Then "get ports.tar.gz"
> will only pick it up as a symlink....

Last time I fetched a directory containing a symlink with get
<dir>.tar.gz, the ftp at the other site followed the link...

tg