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From: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net>
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* Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> [010918 15:07]:
> Thus spake Robert Withrow (bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com):
> 
> > I know it is slimy, but couldn't there be a dummy "port" just
> > called "XFree86" that is what most other ports depend on?  The minority
> > of ports that actually care what version of X is installed could always
> > use the version-specific names...
> 
> Would be nice if we had a package system that lets you just install
> - let me call them - "features", such as a "XFree86" feature, other
> ports could depend on.   Multiple packages could supply this feature
> then and ports could also say if they depend on a specific version.
> 
> Alex,
> hiding in a dark corner.

Isn't this what XFREE86_VERSION does?

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