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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 20:54:30 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base distinfo
Message-ID:  <20020528035430.GA55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020528023416.GH93060@leviathan.inethouston.net>
References:  <200205280230.g4S2UM785008@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528023416.GH93060@leviathan.inethouston.net>

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On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:34:16PM -0500, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 07:30:22PM -0700, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien      2002/05/27 19:30:22 PDT
> > 
> >   Removed files:
> >     emulators/linux_base distinfo 
> >   Log:
> >   This file isn't used any more -- distinfo.{ARCH} is.
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.19      +0 -55     ports/emulators/linux_base/distinfo (dead)
> > 
> This file was used to keep track of all the distfiles.  I'm not 
> saying we need it, just that its intent for the past few years wasn't obsoleted by 
> distinfo.(ARCH)

I'd say it was. It's better to reconstruct the complete list from the
constituent files than to dependent on an otherwise unused file that
can only get stale. If
	cat distinfo.* | sort | uniq
		is to much typing, add a target to the makefile :-)

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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