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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/mtree BSD.include.dist 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Jun 1997 10:09:44 +0930."
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Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 17:41:21 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Wasn't the whole idea behind this linking stuff to keep the <sys/*>
> etc files theoretically in sync with the current kernel so that
> rebuilding kernel-dependant tools was relatively straightforward?

Yes, it was.  However, I think that syncronization is an admirable
goal which would nonetheless be better achieved in other ways. :)

					Jordan