From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 04:25:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58ED11065670 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:25:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEEC58FC08 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23085 invoked by uid 399); 24 Jul 2010 04:25:54 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO laptop.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 24 Jul 2010 04:25:54 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:25:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Jesse Smith In-Reply-To: <1279887714.2909.7.camel@hp-laptop> Message-ID: References: <1279887714.2909.7.camel@hp-laptop> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usage of shar command X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:25:56 -0000 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Jesse Smith wrote: > I would like to see a little clarification on the handling of shar in > the handbook. Not a lot, but maybe a few examples. Most of the pages on > porting up to that point I found pretty clear, but that part I found a > little vague. Can you review the latest version of http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html and let me know if you think it meets your needs? Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso