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From: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:24:54 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Dependencies when doing a make install ...
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Hi,

A question about the current ports framework:

Why does `make install' try to register dependencies in /usr/ports/*?
Shouldn't it try to update stuff in /var/db/pkg/* instead, or am I missing
something obvious?

Koshy

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