From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 16 04:20:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C241065672 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A097F8FC15 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:20:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq7 with SMTP id hq7so3966989wib.13 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=u55Tx2QfCPQANQ9jLybDmkoM1jywvHU2ZatM7yBQ7Fg=; b=GbFDKUtri0Oogw1WYVo4yzn1fFsTG2+9INCbdrFO6bj4uSueUHVrt/MbugyFh4BZ27 e7nhICeCsNdyRhb/fDZZePju4A3MrDY/BsURU0WHGxPpEFjEFWzIPN02S9S4+Qeh647O ZQarVRK7HI3Bk4P5jjJsaAwLlqXT8spIBdQVs= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=u55Tx2QfCPQANQ9jLybDmkoM1jywvHU2ZatM7yBQ7Fg=; b=BYRoxHKAKhATuL3glidddSXm7720jTj+gZ1O43w77uCXDd/QugVUZTfzXO2XbssLsf n15mT7kbY2x9piOPL+05Nt3k+h9E5pZXRqzf6hKPeAd9f2h/FsxWNlaqeQRuq6ITMmUX zrK+7e69s8NAzYDsnO3AMg9wq4ccWiKvlYUO0MAOBkd1ER6K8jXBZRrUZ6rgo0NNnyOT CQVfCnLJyrmMSsue45d7eP+1UU7ToEw0vOjnTlE7Dz7lNzM/Ds+pIvisdoqt4/8cxld3 i+vJJKf/h9tIIakPaAplqP436xJo4N47Y+dGIo8t18VuAwon8Oy/ycl8guKmeP5WV2li ycow== Received: by 10.180.83.72 with SMTP id o8mr15118510wiy.5.1334550030848; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lists@eitanadler.com Received: by 10.223.63.4 with HTTP; Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:20:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201204160231.q3G2VVJI037246@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <201204160231.q3G2VVJI037246@repoman.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:20:00 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5rZuc5pmuL56uE7m1_DgHKKV6io Message-ID: To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmHRdqSzrHcAoCElcr60EDznsPqke/VzxjVXOVZo71U/8qHzPsUErwOqbTQ9IhCs1pdVFfP Cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-doc@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook book.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:20:32 -0000 On 15 April 2012 22:31, Warren Block wrote: > wblock =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A02012-04-16 02:31:31 UTC > > =C2=A0FreeBSD doc repository > > =C2=A0Modified files: > =C2=A0 =C2=A0en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook book.sgml > =C2=A0Log: > =C2=A0Add a section describing automatic dependencies, the problems they > =C2=A0cause, and the correct approach. =C2=A0Patch is a modified version = of the > =C2=A0original in the PR. The patch does not describe the other half of the problem: ports may be built for computers on which they will not be running. Even if the indexing problem was solved it would still be wrong to detect the existence of files automagically. --=20 Eitan Adler Source & Ports committer X11, Bugbusting teams