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Subject: Re: pkg question - Difference pkg vs port
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On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> wrote:

> (I'm dreading this e-mail taking us down the RPM path of dozens of
>  different packages that make up one program, foo-devel, foo-libs,
>  foo-client, etc)
>

That's exactly where it leads, sadly. It also messes up the relationship
between packages and ports.

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