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Date:      Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:43:36 -0500
From:      Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com>
To:        "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Who was the mental genius
Message-ID:  <D2EE1900E54F5DC324E503D3@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>
References:  <C38D07C36CF649C84A3B9362@localhost> <20140605211831.GA90310@spectrum.skysmurf.nl>

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--On June 5, 2014 at 11:18:31 PM +0200 "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" 
<freebsd@skysmurf.nl> wrote:

> Paul Schmehl wrote:
>
>> That decided it was a good idea to completely break ports to force
>> people to upgrade?  You couldn't come up with a warning system instead
>> of outright breaking ports?  The idiots are apparently running the
>> asylum.  {{sigh}}
>
> It might help to know exactly what you're talking about... What is it that
> broke?
>

The change to make that causes this when you run pkg commands or try to 
build ports:

Unknown modifier 't'

It was done deliberately to break ports so that people would be forced to 
upgrade to a supported version.

<https://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46291>;

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
*******************************************
"It is as useless to argue with those who have
renounced the use of reason as to administer
medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson
"There are some ideas so wrong that only a very
intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell




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