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Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk
From: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * In the same way that many C programs do different things based upon the
 * release date of the OS, could we add a version or release date variable to
 * bsd.port.mk ?

This is not necessarry -- look at the top port.  Basically, "sysctl -n
kern.osreldate" is all you need.

Satoshi