Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 04:44:34 GMT From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/75091: [patch] tell porters handbook about IGNOREFILES Message-ID: <200412150444.iBF4iYY3025562@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200412150450.iBF4oUXk025649@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 75091
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] tell porters handbook about IGNOREFILES
>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: Wed Dec 15 04:50:30 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Edwin Groothuis
>Release: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #14: Sun Nov 21 01:22:46 GMT 2004 kensmith@freefall.freebsd.org:/c/src/sys/compile/FREEFALL i386
>Description:
Tell the porters handbook about the IGNOREFILES variable.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.504
diff -u -r1.504 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 14 Dec 2004 18:38:46 -0000 1.504
+++ book.sgml 15 Dec 2004 04:43:11 -0000
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@
<para>Just type <command>make makesum</command>. The ports make rules
will automatically generate the file
<filename>distinfo</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>If a file fetched has its checksum changed regulary,
+ for example it comes from manufacturer CDs or documentation
+ generated daily, you should specify these files in the
+ <makevar>IGNOREFILES<makevar> variable. Then the checksum
+ is not calculated for that file when you run <command>make
+ makesum</command>, but set to <literal>IGNORE</literal>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="porting-testing">
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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