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To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: why is tcl in base distribution
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On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Steve Kargl wrote:

> I tried to build tkrat from the ports-current collection, and to
> my amazement the make process tried to install the tcl80 port.  tcl80
> is a duplicate of tcl installed by a make world.  So, 
> 
> (1) Why is tcl in the base distribution if it is not used?

  tcl is not part of the 2.2 branch, but seems to be part of the 3.0
branch (is that the final word?).

Tom