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Date:      Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:45:37 -0700
From:      Michael Haro <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us>
To:        Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        Michael Haro <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us>, FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Old Ports
Message-ID:  <19990617204537.A11445@area51.fremont.ca.us>
In-Reply-To: <3769B909.8AAA4CB8@glue.umd.edu>; from Brandon Fosdick on Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:12:09PM -0400
References:  <37698391.8C70C2C2@glue.umd.edu> <19990617163332.B2855@area51.fremont.ca.us> <3769B909.8AAA4CB8@glue.umd.edu>

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If it never existed, then submit a new shar archive.  Also, use
relative paths, not full ones.

shar `find ./newportname`   not shar `find /usr/ports/sect/newportname`

Michael

On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:12:09PM -0400, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> Michael Haro wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 07:24:01PM -0400, Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> > > I submitted a port for Giram (11127) a very long time ago and I see that
> > > its still listed as outstanding. Is there a problem with it? There's a
> > > much newer version of the program out now. How do I repeal the old
> > > submission in favor of the new one?
> > 
> > One more thing.  If you are submitting an update for a port, send
> > a patch, not a shar archive.  For more information see the handbook.
> > 
> > Michael
> 
> Its not really an update though since there was never actually a port
> for it. Good thing you brought this up, I was just about to submit the
> new port.
> 
> Brandon
> -- 
> bfoz@glue.umd.edu
> "Lead, follow, or get run over"
> "In life there are those who steer, and those who push"
> "I'm not impatient, the world is too slow"
> "Life is short, so have fun, play hard, and leave a good looking corpse"
> 
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