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Subject: Re: cvs commit:  ports/news/tin Makefile ports/news/tin/files md5 ports/news/tin/patches patch-aa
From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami)
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 * > Do you mind if I replace the second line with a regular variable
 * > assignment to PKGNAME?  This is causing me a lot of headaches when you 
 * > do an upgrade, because I need to delete the old package and its name
 * > is not available anywhere in the above for cut & paste. ;)
 * 
 * I do it to minimize typing too: now I change only
 * one number in distname, but with your variant I'll need to change
 * it in two places.

Yeah, but you are already in your editor, it shouldn't be too much
trouble to change both.  I, on the other hand, can't do cut & paste
easily and have to type it, and that really cuts into my productivity.

Can you do me a favor please?  I have a lot of ports to build every
day, and this port (which is updated with an incredible rate) is
starting to become a pain in the neck.

Besides, this makes it harder to do a grep on PKGNAME.

 * Most complete way to not forget to change something is changing it
 * in one place only and let make substitutions do all other changes for you.

I understand, didn't I write so in my mail?  Now tell me:

DISTNAME=	foo-1996
PKGNAME=	bar-1996

What is the realistic chance of you changing foo and forgetting to
change bar accordingly? :)

Satoshi