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Cc: ports@freebsd.org, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com>,
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Subject: Re: sqlite and tcl
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Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> writes:

> Actually i question why the extra tcl is even required.

I took a quick look at the sources and there are tcl scripts providing
part of the build infrastructure.  A few other things, too, but that was
enough to explain the dependency.