From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Aug 15 18:26:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15331 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 18:26:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp1718.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.249.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15319 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 18:26:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost (tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA05493; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:25:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ac199@hwcn.org) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: tim owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 21:25:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek X-Sender: tim@localhost Reply-To: ac199@hwcn.org To: Bill Fumerola cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk updates (was: Re: ports/7617:) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > > (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/porting.html) is always updated with > > Currently being updated. > It's being done so manually . An automated solution is really the right > thing to do. Hehe. Propose a method of doing this. :-) > > > these changes. Also a new page should probaly be made stating recent > > > CHANGES to bsd.port.mk. > > You mean like > > http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/mk/bsd.port.mk ? > > (1) That's a bitch to type (I know.. "so bookmark it") I have it memorized. OTOH, I type fast. :-) > (2) Without a working knowledge of cvsup, no-one thinks to look there. True, but only because people insist on holding onto their fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I wish this would stop. The access point to the cvsweb tree is from http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/support.html, which in turn is accessed from http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/. You don't need anything more than a passing idea of the purpose of cvs in order to use cvsweb. Maybe this should be emphasized on the support.html page? > (3) /handbook/porting.html doesn't mention that. Are you sure? You must not be using the latest and greatest version from ~10 minutes in the future. :-) If you're volunteering to write a page (even a text, non-html page) that lists the latest changes to bsd.port.mk, _AND_ to keep that page up-to-date, I'll happily find a place for it. -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message