Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 23:49:36 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hang problem with spamass-milter... Message-ID: <20020709044936.GI13884@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20020708232414153.AAA969@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> References: <20020708225856.GC13884@dan.emsphone.com> <20020708232414153.AAA969@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com>
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In the last episode (Jul 08), Philip J. Koenig said: > On 8 Jul 2002, at 17:58, Dan Nelson boldly uttered: > > In the last episode (Jul 08), Philip J. Koenig said: > > > (Speaking of ports - is it really true that the spamass-milter > > > port has been around since April, judging by the date I see > > > listed in the Makefile? I had a long discussion with Dan Nelson > > > only 3 weeks ago > > > > That's just the date the author put in the Makefile, and does not > > reflect reality. > > OK, thanks for the info. > > So then, what is the purpose of the date in the Makefile then if it's > just arbitrary? Clearly the CVS version date is interesting, since > it has to be in order for ports to work right, but what is the actual > purpose of the "Date Created" string in the Makefile? If "Date > Created" is just fantasy, why put anything there at all? No idea :) The porter's handbook includes it in its sample Makefiles but never actually explains it. I usally put the date I first started work on a port, which usually ends up being a lot earlier than when it gets committetd. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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