Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:38:40 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r40970 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmqnDNXo2wvx0n4bSjVLU9X_BATMsNuaFyWM=OEK9UZhA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <511D1A16.6040505@FreeBSD.org> References: <201302141435.r1EEZsXu042558@svn.freebsd.org> <511CF790.7040804@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgmY2s79rTi8=2uOif2Oq3r0mN1bAZE2JSgV51tKwmFgjA@mail.gmail.com> <511D0D48.1090000@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxg=-8xmtA7vo%2BPRPfkOqYrUPX4ushAmh3ebi6FHs6ooy6Q@mail.gmail.com> <511D1A16.6040505@FreeBSD.org>
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On 14 February 2013 12:08, Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Perhaps if one is changing other things it doesn't hurt to also fix >> this. It isn't a big priority though. > > I agree with you that using -pthread on compiling and linking is The > Right Thing. My objection is that the porter's handbook says maintainers > *must* patch ports to use -pthread. When PTHREAD_CFLAGS/LIBS were added > to bsd.port.mk (and such requirements added to porter's handbook) there > was a specific actual reason and we should obey. Now there isn't > anymore, we can finally live happy and stop patching ports. > > A more useful addition in the Porter's handbook IMHO would be an entry > about 'ltverhack' to avoid useless shared library bumps. Even this is > not mandatory, but at least we get a huge gain. okay. I agree with you entirely. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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