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Date:      Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:30:42 +0300 (MSK)
From:      "."@babolo.ru
To:        Akinori MUSHA <knu@iDaemons.org>
Cc:        "."@babolo.ru, freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/46854: ports/lang/ruby/files/patch-defines.h includes RCS ids
Message-ID:  <1043609442.402187.16834.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru>
In-Reply-To: <86znpo42xl.wl@archon.local.idaemons.org>

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> At Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:42:20 +0300 (MSK),
> "."@babolo.ru wrote:
> > Using ports tree as is without changes is not
> > the only model of use.
> > Propagation tweaked tree via cvs
> > can screw RCS Ids.
> 
> That is the misconfiguration.  You are supposed to use the FreeBSD
> version of CVS (or a compatible one) with a correct CVSROOT, or just
> CVSup.  Otherwise $FreeBSD$ tags are not properly expanded and other
> problems could occur, like, well, patch conflicts.
> 
> > Yes you are free to not clean up diffs
> > from unnecessary chunks if want.
> 
> You know, it is not good manners to modify a diff by hand.  Suppose if
> the RCS tag line were part of a big chunk.  I could of course apply
> the diff partly and then regenerate a patch, but note that that kinds
> of irrelevant tasks can be too much to ask of a maintainer.
Yes you are right.
I filled PR ports/45200 to do it better
but I am afraid that this functionality will be
rejected.
It is rejected now :-(



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