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Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 13:13:23 -0400
From: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
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Subject: Re: Still waiting for an explanation of $CPUTYPE
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In-Reply-To: <1000404114433.ZM20178@candle.brasslantern.com>; from schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com on Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 11:44:33AM +0000

> Why is it important that this be a shell variable?

It isn't particularly.  Not any moreso than MACHTYPE, I'd say.