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Date:      Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:31:38 +0100
From:      Dirk Froemberg <dirk@freebsd.org>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/games/nethack-qt Makefile
Message-ID:  <20011230203138.A53972@physik.TU-Berlin.DE>
In-Reply-To: <3C2F21EE.4507.18BD1834@localhost>; from dan@langille.org on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:17:18PM -0500
References:  <200112301748.fBUHmkP94812@freefall.freebsd.org>; <20011230191923.A52031@physik.TU-Berlin.DE> <3C2F21EE.4507.18BD1834@localhost>

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Hi Dan!

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:17:18PM -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2001 at 19:19, Dirk Froemberg wrote:
> 
> > We have other occurrences of 'pre-everything:' in the ports
> > which doesn't seem to cause problems.
> 
> AFAIK, they should all be '::'.  This topic has come up more than once 
> over the past few months.   It will be in the archives with my name 
> attached to it...  
> 
> The problem will occur under certain conditions.  Having '::' avoids the 
> problem.  Here's an an example:
> 
> [dan@lists:/usr/ports/print/ghostscript-afpl] $ make -V PORTVERSION
> "Makefile", line 133: Inconsistent operator for pre-everything
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> 
> As originally mentioned at 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=740819+743383+/usr/local/www/d
> b/text/2001/cvs-all/20010916.cvs-all
> 
> > I don't see what's so special with games/nethack-qt.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Will Andrews sums it up nicely here:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=481921+485051+/usr/local/www/d
> b/text/2001/cvs-all/20011007.cvs-all
> 
> I think it's a good idea to get this point added to the ports handbook.  
> It's becoming an FAQ.

Ah, ok, I see. Thanks!

So, I'll change every occurrence of 'pre-everything:' with
'pre-everything::'. There are 15 left so far.

	Regards Dirk

-- 
Dirk Froemberg

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