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Subject: Re: What is xz ?
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b. f. writes:

>  > It is part of  '7.2-RELEASE',   Dunno about 7.1
>  
>  Hmm.  Are you sure?  If this is true, the archivers/xz port needs
>  to be patched to IGNORE those branches of 7 that have xz.

	Is that necessarily true?
	For comparison: the default system compiler is gcc-4.2.1 (I
believe).  There are several higher numbered versions in ports. 



				Robert Huff