Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:43:05 +0000 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit: ports/games Makefile ...) Message-ID: <20040421104305.GB5052@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040421095427.GA82398@regency.nsu.ru> References: <200404181922.i3IJMkTf044706@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040419032304.GA61048@regency.nsu.ru> <20040419103101.GB26102@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040419110810.GA24385@regency.nsu.ru> <20040420200903.GA6174@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040421094050.GA5052@FreeBSD.org> <20040421095427.GA82398@regency.nsu.ru>
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 04:54:27PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:40:50AM +0000, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 01:09:03PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:08:10PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > > > While particular choice for a separator is arguable, the general scheme > > > > for patch-files is not, right? FWIW, that was my point, not `::' vs. > > > > whatever. > > > > > > > > As a side note, I don't really see any problem with `::' or `-'. > > > > > > 1. Bash escapes it so it actually becomes 4 characters. > > > This should not be takeing lightly -- people bitched about '%' in > > > patch names and they were all changed because its a magic charter for > > > Perforce and Perforce users could be bothered to escape it. > > > > > > 2. With the file name lenths of some of our patches (greater than 80 > > > chars) two characters, when one will do, is annoying. > > > > If nobody objects, I'll add the following patch to the porters handbook > > to avoid profileration. > > Good idea. Please suggest some evil-less chars (like `+') for > separators, and (*begging*) discourage porters from using ``patch-xx'' > scheme, and commit your patch! New patch suggestion: Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.400 diff -u -r1.400 book.sgml --- book.sgml 16 Apr 2004 15:05:32 -0000 1.400 +++ book.sgml 21 Apr 2004 10:31:08 -0000 @@ -614,10 +614,15 @@ <replaceable>*</replaceable> denotes the sequence in which the patches will be applied — these are done in <emphasis>alphabetical order</emphasis>, thus <literal>aa</literal> - first, <literal>ab</literal> second and so on. If you wish, - you can use names that indicate the pathnames of the files that + first, <literal>ab</literal> second and so on. If you do not need + this explicit ordering, you can use names that indicate the + pathnames of the files that are patched, such as <filename>patch-Imakefile</filename> or - <filename>patch-src-config.h</filename>. These files should + <filename>patch-src+config.h</filename>. These filenames are + preferred when possible. Due to issues with escaping in + <command>bash</command> and <command>Perforce</command>, you should + avoid using :: or % as separator in the patch filename. The + preferred separator is +. The files should be stored in <makevar>PATCHDIR</makevar>, from where they will be automatically applied. All patches should be relative to <makevar>WRKSRC</makevar> (generally the directory your port's Eivind.
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