Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:09:39 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, Florian Smeets <flo@smeets.im>, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r303626 - head/www/xpi-firebug Message-ID: <5047BF93.2060704@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CADLo838zifx3uvTerh8h961X5r0gAC6K4LJ%2Bifnem6oXg-RPAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201209032233.q83MXSa2053725@svn.freebsd.org> <50453146.2080707@smeets.im> <504537D2.5050608@FreeBSD.org> <50454279.4020309@smeets.im> <50457770.4060402@FreeBSD.org> <5045E904.5080608@smeets.im> <50462DEC.3040202@FreeBSD.org> <5047B7A6.8040601@smeets.im> <5047BC0D.1000707@FreeBSD.org> <CADLo838zifx3uvTerh8h961X5r0gAC6K4LJ%2Bifnem6oXg-RPAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/05/2012 14:01, Chris Rees wrote:
>
> On 5 Sep 2012 21:54, "Doug Barton" <dougb@freebsd.org
> <mailto:dougb@freebsd.org>> wrote:
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>> On 09/05/2012 13:35, Florian Smeets wrote:
>> > On 04.09.12 18:35, Doug Barton wrote:
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>> >> Portmaster, and other tools, use this method extensively to read
>> >> those files, and this issue causes those tools to break while
>> >> processing those files.
>> >>
>> >
>> > You keep repeating this, without proof.
>>
>> Um, what kind of proof do you need? I wrote the code, I know how it
>> works, and I know that the parts of it that use "while read" to
>> process distinfo files breaks because of this issue. There have also
>> been other people who have raised this issue, as relates to their tools.
>>
>> I also showed you how to reproduce it yourself.
>>
>> How much more proof do you need?
>
> I think Florian is asking for a real example, perhaps a portmaster command;
>
> % portmaster reproduce-this-error
If Florian isn't interested in taking my word for it, he can look
through the code and find ways to reproduce it himself. :)
Doug
--
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do
something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what
I can do.
-- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909)
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