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To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/expect/scripts configure 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:43:49 PST."
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Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 01:09:49 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> (Moved over from "committers")
> 
>  * >  * Thanks - if you haven't already, I'll update tk4 to do the same thing
.
>  * > 
>  * > Ah, I just saw your change -- so that was the same problem.  Gawd,
>  * > didn't know tk4 requires tcl74 headers.  Are tclX/tclX74's problems
>  * > the same too?
>  * 
>  * Yep!
> 
> Ok.  Do you know exactly which headers are required by them?  I'll see
> if it's feasible to install them via a post-install target or
> something.
> 
> Satoshi

Wait, what?  You want to install TCL internal header files to
/usr/local someplace?  Aieee!  No, that's not really a good idea.

The contents of files such as tclInt.h and friends are not part of the
published interface and they should most definitely not go into a
public location where others might be tempted to use them.  The fact
that certain packages require incestuous knowledge of TCL's private
places is an evil thing, but at least it's relatively contained evil.

Remember The Exorcist: It was his job to contain the evil and drive it
back, not feed it.  You, Satoshi, are The Exorcist of the ports
collection and it's your job to keep evil at bay!

Yeah, if we can just ignore for a moment the fact that the Evil
managed to kill the good guy at the end of The Exorcist, that's not a
bad analogy.. :-)

						Jordan