Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:29:05 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Stangl <alex@stangl.us> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MOVED has extra blank line, breaks portupdate-scan Message-ID: <487B9AF1.7000901@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080714180138.GA69006@scout.stangl.us> References: <20080714180138.GA69006@scout.stangl.us>
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Alex Stangl wrote:
> /usr/ports/MOVED picked up an extra blank line on the end, apparently
> in v1.1647. This breaks portupdate-scan, and maybe other things that
> process this file.
>
> Is there any definitive document describing this file format?
Not that I'm aware of.
> If blank lines should be treated as equivalent to comments, then I
> will issue a fix to portupdate-scan.
As a general principle you should try to make any application robust in
the fact of unexpected input.
hth,
Doug
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