Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:20:20 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/dns/powerdns Makefile Message-ID: <20050201112020.GM73948@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20050201111901.GM93795@voodoo.oberon.net> References: <200502011006.j11A6lrv037991@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050201101152.GE93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201105028.GK73948@submonkey.net> <20050201105654.GH93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201110926.GL73948@submonkey.net> <20050201111901.GM93795@voodoo.oberon.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:19:02PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > That's right, since it doesn't have any special characters, but when > > > it does, then BROKEN needs to be quoted, and IGNORE needs to be not > > > quoted, because it is already quoted by bsd.port.mk. > > > > Add this to the handbook somewhere - it's totally counter-intuitive, but > > at least having it documented may just save you having to remind people > > all the time ;-) > > I would just write that BROKEN strings should be always quoted and > IGNORE strings should not. Writing about special characters can > confuse people, since not everyone knows what they are :) > > Could you add it to porters handbook ? Can do. Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB/2X0ocfcwTS3JF8RAhTuAKCmHXeRWwjEymQXvamK7nYGGK0YxACgwdQ7 qxNG/vIdEKU/kMusr5WMe20= =IK7J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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