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Author: gjb
Date: Fri Aug 31 13:22:56 2012
New Revision: 39480
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39480

Log:
  Note that existing port Makefiles may contain additional header
  information, and that this additional information is being phased
  out.
  
  Submitted by:	linimon

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml	Fri Aug 31 13:00:39 2012	(r39479)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml	Fri Aug 31 13:22:56 2012	(r39480)
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ USE_IMAKE=	yes
 
 .include &lt;bsd.port.mk&gt;</programlisting>
 
+      <note>
+	<para>In some cases, the <filename>Makefile</filename> of an
+	  existing port may contain additional lines in the header,
+	  such as the name and email of the person that originally
+	  created the port.  This additional information has been
+	  declared obsolete, and is being phased out.</para>
+      </note>
+
       <para>See if you can figure it out.  Do not worry about the
 	contents of the <literal>&dollar;FreeBSD&dollar;</literal>
 	line, it will be filled in automatically by SVN when the port