Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:34:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        jedgar@FreeBSD.org, brad@shub-internet.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/19417: /usr/ports/misc/jargon/README.html needs updating now ;-)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006211431130.47596-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
In-Reply-To: <v04220805b576b6baa07e@[195.238.1.121]>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 11:00 AM -0700 2000/6/21, jedgar@FreeBSD.org wrote:
> 
> >  The README.html files are dynamically created and not kept
> >  in the CVS repository.
> >  If you wish to update your README.html's, type 'make readme'
> >  in the director[y|ies] of your choice.
> 
> 	Okay, this makes sense -- as far as it goes.
> 
> 
> 	However, does this not imply that "make readme" in /usr/ports 
> should automatically be done at the end of the "make update" in the 
> same directory?
> 

Depends.  Personally, I would rather not have all those files hanging
around (3400+ ports == 3400+ README.html's).

> 	Maybe I'm being silly (or I don't fully understand what is going 
> on), but it just seems logical to me that since the README.html files 
> are dependant on the source in the port, when the port is updated 
> that we should also kick off a "make readme" in the appropriate 
> directory.
> 

How about updating INDEX (or a local copy thereof) while you are at it?
As long as it's optional it sounds good to me.

-----
Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org
--------------------------------------------------------
FreeBSD: The Power To Serve   -   http://www.FreeBSD.org



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.10.10006211431130.47596-100000>