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Date:      Sat, 21 May 2016 11:11:12 -0600
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, marino@freebsd.org, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r415078 - in head: . Mk
Message-ID:  <43145C09-EC33-4738-9FE7-5DC34A74D64B@adamw.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160521162931.GA97771@FreeBSD.org>
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> On 21 May, 2016, at 10:29, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 02:25:22PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 11:43:58AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 01:33:36PM +0200, John Marino wrote:
>>>> On 5/21/2016 1:27 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:23:06PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> I'm still not convinced though, sorry.  Ports tree can be =
obtained by
>>>>>> a number of means, but this new ugly TIMESTAMP thingy is added =
for a
>>>>>> very specific usecase, and there should be no problem to require =
that
>>>>>> for that particular usecase, exported ports tree must have its =
files'
>>>>>> mtimes correctly set.  (If svn/git/hg are not setting right =
mtimes on
>>>>>> export, they should be fixed.)  It looks more like quick'n'dirty =
hack
>>>>>> rather than thoroughly thought-out solution.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Given lack of replies, I guess I'd have to elaborate a bit on =
problems
>>>>> with TIMESTAMP and why I'm against it.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> 1. It does not line up with distinfo format...
>>>>> 2. It is not needed even if ports repo is obtained as tarball...
>>>>=20
>>>> Maybe it could/should be implemented as a makefile variable =
instead?
>>>>=20
>>>> e.g. REP_TIMESTAMP=3D
>>>>=20
>>>> Just a suggestion.  I don't disagree with you.
>>>=20
>>> While still hackish, it's a *lot* less ugly and bogus as tainting =
distinfo.
>>> (New variable in Makefile is OK because that's what Makefiles are =
made of:
>>> variables, targets, and recipes.  Adding TIMESTAMP to distinfo is =
NOT OK
>>> because distinfo describes port's distfiles in a form of FOO(), =
BAR(), ...
>>> values per each distfile.)
>>=20
>> Implementing it as a Makefile variable would make it not =
automatically
>> updated.
>=20
> Even if we can agree on REP_TIMESTAMP variable, why `make makesum' =
cannot
> sed -i the Makefile?

Oh god, please, no. Please do not mess with Makefiles.

Rather than having it come from 'makesum', can an svn hook write it to =
distinfo? May help it stay more current.

# Adam


--=20
Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
http://www.adamw.org




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