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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 1996 17:36:36 -0500
From:      rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth)
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libz.so.1.0 where are you?
Message-ID:  <v02140b04ae72047cca80@[208.2.87.4]>

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>Libz is now a standard part of the system.  Once that happened, the port
>was removed.  Remember, the ports are designed for -current; they won't
>always work for older versions of FreeBSD.

I consider this to be a poor standard. We need to provide at least some
support for the last release.

Is there some reason that the library was not brought into the -stable tree?

When we remove a port from -current, we SHOULD move it to some
compatability location and maintain it there until it is no longer needed.





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