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> > However, can't the devel/nspr be brought up to date instead? Having each
> > port install its own seems wrong and will lead to the "DLL hell" often
> > found on Microsoft systems...
>
> devel/nspr is up-to-date with the official external nspr released from
> Mozilla (4.4.1).  This is what is required by nss 3.9.2, and used by
> ports such as Evolution and Gaim.

A terrible situation with a sloppy vendor... Would it hurt Evolution/Gaim and 
other users of the devel/nspr port, if we were to add latest updates to it?

The "official" 4.4.1 is over a year old, and can, probably, be considered 
"abandoned" now... Yours,

	-mi