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Date:      Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:20:20 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/dns/powerdns Makefile
Message-ID:  <20050201112020.GM73948@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050201111901.GM93795@voodoo.oberon.net>
References:  <200502011006.j11A6lrv037991@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050201101152.GE93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201105028.GK73948@submonkey.net> <20050201105654.GH93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201110926.GL73948@submonkey.net> <20050201111901.GM93795@voodoo.oberon.net>

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On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:19:02PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > That's right, since it doesn't have any special characters, but when
> > > it does, then BROKEN needs to be quoted, and IGNORE needs to be not
> > > quoted, because it is already quoted by bsd.port.mk.
> >=20
> > Add this to the handbook somewhere - it's totally counter-intuitive, but
> > at least having it documented may just save you having to remind people
> > all the time ;-)
>=20
> I would just write that BROKEN strings should be always quoted and
> IGNORE strings should not.  Writing about special characters can
> confuse people, since not everyone knows what they are :)
>=20
> Could you add it to porters handbook ?

Can do.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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