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Date:      Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:35:03 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r400154 - in head/ports-mgmt/portlint: . src
Message-ID:  <562E3A17.2010103@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20151026084707.GA33313@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201510251727.t9PHRckC024802@repo.freebsd.org> <20151026084707.GA33313@FreeBSD.org>

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On 10/26/15 04:47, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 05:27:38PM +0000, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>> New Revision: 400154
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/400154
>>
>> Log:
>>    Update to 2.16.7.
>>
>>    * Remove the check for USES being sorted.  Order is important. [2]
>>    PR:		203908 [2]
>
> PR fails to provide any specifics though.  USES should be order-agnostic;
> dependencies should be specified explicitly.  Sorted USES might actually
> help to find those bugs (any are known?) and fix them quickly.
>
> Relying on a specific USES order is a bug.
>
> ./danfe
>

This is why I left the code commented out instead of removing it 
outright.  This clearly needs more discussion.

Bryan, care to fill us in?

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	gnome@FreeBSD.org
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