Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 08:03:15 +1000
From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>
Subject: Re: patch to have make clean not recurse in ${PORTSDIR}
Message-ID: <20020506080315.S56612@k7.mavetju.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020502113722.X78658-100000@master.gorean.org>; from DougB@FreeBSD.org on Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:41:29AM -0700
References: <20020501163325.R56612@k7.mavetju.org> <20020502113722.X78658-100000@master.gorean.org>
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On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:41:29AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:14:42PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > > > I admire the determination shown by the proponents of this change, > > > however, I can't help thinking that you've already spent way more time > > > than it's worth. Your time would be better spent improving the existing > > > documentation on this issue. > > > > If the behaviour is not changed, this thing will come back every > > two months and each time people will try to find a solution for it. > > I've already said several times that this problem does come up > regularly, and will continue to come up. My objection to your proposed > solution is that what it actually does is hide the problem by making > something work that isn't really intended to. What should the solution then do with it? For me this solution is clear: it shows that there is a difference between the ports-directories and a port-directory and acts according to it. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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