Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 03:34:55 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: ac199@hwcn.org Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/afterstep/pkg PLIST (more bsd.port.mk mods) Message-ID: <19980826033455.A28564@nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <199808250146.SAA00195@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>; from Satoshi Asami on Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 06:46:15PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980824210617.233B-100000@localhost> <199808250146.SAA00195@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On Mon, Aug 24, 1998 at 06:46:15PM -0700, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * MLINKS= var.1 -> nvar.2 \ > * /var/qmail/man/man1/ds.1 -> sync.l \ > * qlink.conf.3qt -> qlink.234.l > > Do we really need the "->"? The ones in /usr/src don't have that and > will just link even-numbered entries to odd-numbered ones. (*) I have to agree with Satoshi on this one. Changing the syntax is very much a Bad Thing. *BSD programmers know how to read and write the current MLINKS lines. Now we are changing the rules. Even though you don't like the look of the ones used with bsd.man.mk, I think we really, really should stay with what is the expected use/behavior. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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