From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 15:02:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F83A16A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:02:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5FD043D9D for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:00:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0KN0QFR076089 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:00:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0KN0QsX076088; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:00:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:00:26 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200401202300.i0KN0QsX076088@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C1B916A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:53:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAAD143D2F for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:53:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from lonesome.lonesome.com (cs242719-195.austin.rr.com [24.27.19.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739271469F for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:53:48 -0600 (CST) Received: from lonesome.lonesome.com (localhost.lonesome.com [127.0.0.1]) by lonesome.lonesome.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0KMqqql076660 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:52:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.lonesome.com) Received: (from linimon@localhost) by lonesome.lonesome.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i0KMqqpl076659; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:52:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from linimon) Message-Id: <200401202252.i0KMqqpl076659@lonesome.lonesome.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 16:52:52 -0600 (CST) From: Mark Linimon To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: docs/61654: [patch] two minor additions to Porter's Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mark Linimon List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:02:12 -0000 >Number: 61654 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] two minor additions to Porter's Handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 20 15:00:26 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Linimon >Release: FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: Lonesome Dove Computing Services >Environment: System: FreeBSD lonesome.lonesome.com 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep 5 01:19:33 CDT 2003 linimon@lonesome.lonesome.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MULTIMEDIA_DEBUG i386 (n/a) >Description: While reviewing the updated Porter's Handbook, I found one bit of text that was out of date, and one obvious thing to add. >How-To-Repeat: (n/a) >Fix: --- book.sgml.dist Tue Jan 20 16:33:11 2004 +++ book.sgml Tue Jan 20 16:50:37 2004 @@ -2836,6 +2835,10 @@ The COMMENT variable should immediately follow the MAINTAINER variable in the Makefile. + + Please try to keep the COMMENT line less than 70 + characters, as it is displayed to users as a one-line + summary of the port. @@ -3798,8 +3801,8 @@ Using GNOME - The FreeBSD/GNOME project uses a system called - GNOMENG to define which GNOME components a + The FreeBSD/GNOME project uses its own set of variables + to define which GNOME components a particular port uses. A comprehensive list of these variables exists within the FreeBSD/GNOME >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: