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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:31:38 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        sheldonh@iafrica.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp.h in contrib/libpcap and contrib/tcpdump
Message-ID:  <199903110031.QAA56123@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <72492.920494856@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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In article <72492.920494856@axl.noc.iafrica.com>,
Sheldon Hearn  <sheldonh@iafrica.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> While trawling my buildworld output for warnings, I noticed that we have
> two identical copies of ppp.h in contrib/libpcap and contrib/tcpdump.
> 
> If I were to try to get world to use only one ppp.h, where would I put
> that single file and would I wasting time in the light of historic holy
> wars?

I don't know of any holy wars on this particular topic.  But since
both of these files are in the contrib tree, I think it's best to
leave them alone.  We generally try to leave the contrib stuff as
pristine as possible.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken


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