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Date:      Fri, 8 Mar 1996 17:01:50 +0300 (MSK)
From:      =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su>
To:        torstenb@tlk.com
Cc:        peter@jhome.dialix.com, torstenb@tlk.com, asami@cs.berkeley.edu, coredump@nervosa.com, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/libwww - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <199603081401.RAA01509@d133.z194-58-229.relcom.ru>
In-Reply-To: <m0tv1D2-00023GC@solar.tlk.com> from "Torsten Blum" at "Mar 8, 96 01:23:48 pm"

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> > And what happens when a program is written that uses this library comes
> > in as a port?  You'd have to install the "developemnt" library in order
> > to use the final finished program?
> 
> Yes, of course. Take a look at ssh and libz...
> 
> > Take ports/www/comline for example..  It uses libwww-4.0D, and it's not a
> > development tool.
> 
> A port that uses a library von ports/devel is not a development tool.
> We already have such a port: security/ssh depends on devel/libz
> 

libz used not in ssh only, but for graphics apps too.
libwww used only for www.
libz is more generic -> 'devel'
libwww is less generic -> 'www'

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