Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 02:59:35 -0800 From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Justin M. Seger" <jseger@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/comms/minicom Makefile Message-ID: <19971212025935.04180@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <19971212025533.09509@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>; from John-Mark Gurney on Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 02:55:33AM -0800 References: <199711262320.PAA17271@freefall.freebsd.org> <19971212005356.35332@dragon.nuxi.com> <19971212025533.09509@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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> > Version required lines document the original porting effort.
> > Not the current/latest version.
> >
> > See Handbook.
>
> hun? I think you get the middle line misattributed:
> # Version required: pl18 [things like "1.5alpha" are fine here too]
> [this is the date when the first version of this Makefile was created]
> ~~~~
> # Date created: 26 May 1995
>
> is talking about date, not previous version required line...
And just below that:
"This header should not be changed when upgrading the port later".
But, then I've *always* found that "Version required" line totally
stupid -- it has never added anything for me.
That's what the PKGNAME/DISTNAME + CVS is for.
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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