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From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org>
To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk MASTER_SITES_NN misbehavior (was ghostscript-afpt and MASTER_SITES_NN patch)
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:15:47PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> >         The MASTER_FILTER_PERL idea was discussed with Anton Berezin
> > (project tobez :). After constructing any variables, we use it to
> > remove ANY repeated instances since repetition means bogus instance.
> > It is a neat thing, not only it "hides" the MASTER_SITES_NN problem
> > but also add a level of protection against poorly written MASTER_SITES.
> >         Let me know what do you think.
> 
> I object. This is a bad practice to use a workaroung to fix misdesign
> instead of fixing the real source of the problem. Please fix
> MASTER_SITES_NN properly.

What exactly is a "bad practice"?  What's "misdesigned"?  What's
the "real source of the problem"?

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