From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 00:53:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B83FC1065670 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C9B8FC1A for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23207 invoked by uid 399); 7 Jun 2010 00:53:28 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 7 Jun 2010 00:53:28 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4C0C4306.205@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:53:26 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith References: <4C0C34FC.4030603@gibfest.dk> <4C0C3A5B.8010707@missouri.edu> <4C0C3D5F.2070204@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C403B.4000005@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <4C0C403B.4000005@missouri.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Thomas Rasmussen , "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Manually registering dependencies for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:53:29 -0000 On 06/06/10 17:41, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > > Well, in my mind, when I sent the message, I was somewhat sure it would > work, at least that it would pass some kind of quick test. In other words, you guessed, and your guess was wrong. FWIW, I had the same thought in mind when I got ready to reply to the OP, but when I tested it, I found out that it didn't work, which is why I posted what I did. > Furthermore, I really don't see the harm in sending out suggestions I explained that. If you don't agree with my explanation, and/or you feel that your time is so much more valuable than all of the other thousands of people on the list that you can't be bothered to test your "suggestions" before you send them out, so be it. Doug -- ... and that's just a little bit of history repeating. -- Propellerheads Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/