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From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
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To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
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Subject: Re: fetch -b and -t flags
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Peter Pentchev wrote:

> There are several ports in the tree which set FETCH_BEFOREARGS
> to something containing -b and/or -t.  fetch(1) complains about
> obsolete/deprecated switches.
>
> archivers       bzip2
> audio           kmp3 mp3rename wmmixer
> databases       sqsh
> devel           boehm-gc pccts qtarch heretic xhime xroads
> graphics        kplot3d pstoedit
> irc             bnc
> japanese        chimera gawk gd sed
> mail            postilion
> math            xspread
> misc            ytree
> print           pdflib
> security        xinetd
> shells          perlsh
> textproc        ispell
> www             boa checkbot netscape-remote sitecopy
> x11-toolkits    buffy tkstep80
> x11-wm          icepref
>
> Is there a reason for these flags to stay (old versions of fetch(1)?),
> or could the attached patch be applied to the ports tree, or should I
> take this up with the respective port maintainers?

The main reason that those flags are still here is that we are still supposed to
support 3-* releases, in which fetch(1) still need these flags.

-Maxim



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