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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: mark@grondar.za, wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Duplicate DES code in libc/rpc and secure/lib/des
Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG, markm@FreeBSD.ORG
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>I am disinclined to remove these bits. libdes is distributed as a complete
>package by EAY, and to go after individual files for each update is a pain.
>
>I follow the precedent of larger packages (like gcc), where unneccessary
>_directories_ are nuked if the need is enough (like for non-i386
>architectures)

Many _files_ are nuked in gcc.  Not doing that would have left contrib/gcc
almost as bloated as contrib/gdb (where only half of 16MB of unused files
has been nuked).

Bruce