From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 00:56:05 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 B25991065677; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen@missouri.edu) Received: from mxtip01-umsystem-out.um.umsystem.edu (mxtip01-umsystem-out.um.umsystem.edu [209.106.229.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602B78FC24; Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:56:05 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAH/gC0zRauUp/2dsb2JhbACeQHG0aIhfhRcEg0o Received: from um-nsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu ([209.106.229.41]) by mxtip01-missouri-out.um.umsystem.edu with ESMTP; 06 Jun 2010 19:56:04 -0500 Received: from um-nsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu ([209.106.229.35]) by um-nsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:56:04 -0500 Received: from laptop3.gateway.2wire.net ([128.206.110.35]) by um-nsmtpout1.um.umsystem.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:56:03 -0500 Message-ID: <4C0C43A3.6050100@missouri.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:56:03 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100521 Firefox MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4C0C34FC.4030603@gibfest.dk> <4C0C3A5B.8010707@missouri.edu> <4C0C3D5F.2070204@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C403B.4000005@missouri.edu> <4C0C4306.205@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C0C4306.205@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jun 2010 00:56:04.0052 (UTC) FILETIME=[346A5940:01CB05DC] 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 00:56:05 -0000 Doug Barton wrote: > 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. I did guess, and it seems that I was wrong. This completely surprised me. My apologies. You are right and I 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 >