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Date:      Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:17:13 -0700
From:      Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: Mk/bsd.jpeg.mk to automagically handle jpeg dependency
Message-ID:  <4D2C93B9-11D3-474A-B979-8397C8E81223@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100617011125.6a285351@it.buh.tecnik93.com>
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On Jun 16, 2010, at 15:11 , Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote:
> My question is: do we really need this? We're at the point where in
> order to make use of all macros, vars, etc. we have, one needs to work
> daily on ports.=20

IMO, we've been at (and passed) that point for a long, long time for =
anything except the simplest of ports.

21k+ pieces of random third party software, all held together with =
make(1) glue?  Rube Goldberg was an amateur ;)

-aDe




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