Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 08:40:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/7995: New Port: OpenLDAP 1.0.1 Message-ID: <199809201540.IAA07148@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To: lodea@angmar.mel.cybec.com.au, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: Subject: Re: ports/7995: New Port: OpenLDAP 1.0.1
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 11:37:02 -0400
On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 09:23:59PM +1000, lodea@angmar.mel.cybec.com.au wrote:
>
> XUniversity of Michigan LDAP release 3.3 and is distributed under a
> XPerl-style "Artistic License".
> X
> XChanges from U. Mich release 3.3:
Yes, but WHAT THE F! IS LDAP!?!!?!?
[I'm sorry, the frustration expressed here isn't directed towards you
specifically...it's directed generally since this is a ridiculously
common mistake].
Please add at least a short line or two telling the user wtf they give
a shit about ldap. Ideally, say what ldap is used for and what
differentiates OpenLDAP from other ldap implementations.
> X - TCP Wrappers support added to slapd,
> X - Berkely DB2 compatibility added to slapd,
> X - ACL enhancements including Access by Group and POSIX regex(3)
> X support,
> X - platforms updates, and
> X - numerous bug fixes and build changes.
Chances are I don't really care about those last two points very much.
Are you planning to upgrade pkg/DESCR with each new version of
OpenLDAP? What if they ever release a version that doesn't contain
"numerous bug fixes and build changes and platform updates" from the
last version?
Truthfully, I (speaking for the generalized FreeBSD ports user)
really don't care very much at all about changes from previous
versions when I'm reading pkg/DESCR... The pkg/DESCR should be
marginally (marginally) version-independent.
FWIW, I'm not a terribly large fan of -item lists either, although
there's nothing really wrong with them and you can feel free to
use one.
> X
> XSee the CHANGES file in the distribution for more details.
Did you install the CHANGES file in /usr/local/share/doc/openldap/?
Even though you explicitly state that CHANGES is in the distribution,
try to avoid referring readers to anything in work/.
> Xman/man3/ldap_bind_s.3.gz
> Xman/man3/ldap_simple_bind.3.gz
There should not be any (_any_) manpages listed in pkg/DESCR. Remove
them. Use either MANx or MLINKS as appropriate.
Because of the large number of manpages, your port is also a candidate
for listing them outside of the Makefile (this leaves the Makefile is
a somewhat more readable state). See the latest graphics/EZWGL for an
example of how to do this. Note that the file files/manpages is
sorted alphabetically. Please maintain this, since it you hardly even
need to type 10 extra keys to do this.
> X #
> X! LDAP_PREFIX?= /usr/local
[...]
> X! LDAP_PREFIX?= ${PREFIX}
> X LDAP_INSTROOT?= $(LDAP_PREFIX)
MAKE_ENV= LDAP_PREFIX=${PREFIX}
and/or
CONFIGURE_ENV= LDAP_PREFIX=${PREFIX}
Didn't work?
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