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From: Andrew <andrew@hobart.tased.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: distfiles as shar archives
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On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Andrew wrote:

> I am trying to make a port but the distfile comes in shar format. I
> originally set EXTRACT_CMD to /bin/sh but then it tried to extract in
> /usr/ports/distfiles. 

Well I have fixed that problem (the cd is still in the EXTRACT_CMD line).
Now I have the problem that there is garbage at the top of the sahr
archive that makes sh produce errors...when it reaches the actual shell
script bit it goes ok but it looks ugly. Any suggestions?

Andrew