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From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: what are patches ?
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:28:23 -0600, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote:
> Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > They are all located under files right ? But what are they and what do they do ?
> 
> Patch what's not correct.
> 

Then there are alot of things broken in the ports if you ask me :) I
bet there are more patches then source files :)

Why does freebsd require so many patches ? cant the compiler figure it
out what needs to be done ?