From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 7 18:31:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52B9616A519 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A60043DA5 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:30:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k97IUjWk091480 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:30:45 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k97IUjvH091479; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:30:45 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:30:45 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200610071830.k97IUjvH091479@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Roman Bogorodskiy Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B15616A49E for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from novel@novel.fannet.ru) Received: from novel.fannet.ru (novel.fannet.ru [82.116.56.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B97543D58 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:29:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from novel@novel.fannet.ru) Received: from novel.fannet.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by novel.fannet.ru (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k97IT2Al010699 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:29:02 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from novel@novel.fannet.ru) Received: (from novel@localhost) by novel.fannet.ru (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id k97IT1t2010698; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:29:01 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from novel) Message-Id: <200610071829.k97IT1t2010698@novel.fannet.ru> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:29:01 +0400 (MSD) From: Roman Bogorodskiy To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Cc: Subject: docs/104126: [ docs ] [ patch ] add a section about distfile rerolling to the PH X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Roman Bogorodskiy List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:31:06 -0000 >Number: 104126 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [ docs ] [ patch ] add a section about distfile rerolling to the PH >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 07 18:30:44 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Roman Bogorodskiy >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD novel.fannet.ru 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #4: Thu Aug 24 15:55:09 MSD 2006 root@novel.fannet.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NOVEL i386 >Description: Add a guide how to deal with the rerolled distfiles to the "Dos and Don'ts" chapter of the Porters Handbook. Builds fine but probably needs style/grammer fixes. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- distfile_rerolling.diff begins here --- Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.757 diff -u -r1.757 book.sgml --- book.sgml 6 Oct 2006 19:18:17 -0000 1.757 +++ book.sgml 7 Oct 2006 18:14:17 -0000 @@ -10222,6 +10222,22 @@ special need. + + Distfiles rerolling + + It could happen that the distfile of your port gets + rerolled (i.e. its content was changed without changing the + name). It is a bad sign usually and you have to make sure + that no harmful changes were made. Save the old distfile, + download the new one and compare them with &man.diff.1;. If + you see nothing criminal you can update + distinfo. Be sure to summarize changes + so other people knew nothing critial happened. + + You might want to contact the developers of the software + and ask not to reroll distfiles. + + Necessary workarounds --- distfile_rerolling.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: