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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 14:52:07 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: ryk AT ap DOT com
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In-reply-to: <14694.8058.47000.452920@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (ryk@ap.com)
Subject: Re: missing tsort in textutils.tar.gz
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> I believe there is nothing to "port".  textutils-2.0.tar.gz
> compiles and runs out of the box.

Great!  What about the text/binary issue?

> Whey you say "provide a replacement installation package",
> do you mean a tarball with the compiled binaries?

Yes, *and* the source tarball, just like all the other
packages.

> If so, how can you trust a stranger (i.e., myself) to
> provide binaries?

We don't.  We test all the tarballs and virus-check them before
putting them on simtel.

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