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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:33:06 -0400
From:      Michael Scheidell <scheidell@FreeBSD.org>
To:        <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: .if ARCH / BROKEN, or 'NOT_FOR_ARCH'?
Message-ID:  <4F83FE52.5010501@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120410091619.GS66606@droso.net>
References:  <4F83F893.7040500@FreeBSD.org> <20120410091619.GS66606@droso.net>

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On 4/10/12 5:16 AM, Erwin Lansing wrote:
> maintainer that something is wrong.
>
> There are quite a few large grey areas between those, but that's the
> general outline.
so, if the maintainer knows something, and knows it won't ever get 
fixed, then 'NOT_FOR_ARCHS' is best,
if its an unknown/ maybe osversion, something the maintainer didn't know 
about, portmgr might mark it broken wrapped in a .if ${ARCH}.


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