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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:15:47 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        portmgr@FreeBSD.org, tkato@prontomail.com, Pete Fritchman <petef@databits.net>, Patrick Li <pat@databits.net>, Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>, FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bsd.port.mk MASTER_SITES_NN misbehavior (was ghostscript-afpt and  MASTER_SITES_NN patch)
Message-ID:  <3C764483.F20F486C@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20020221221039.19324.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here>

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Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:
> 
>         The MASTER_FILTER_PERL idea was discussed with Anton Berezin
> (project tobez :). After constructing any variables, we use it to
> remove ANY repeated instances since repetition means bogus instance.
> It is a neat thing, not only it "hides" the MASTER_SITES_NN problem
> but also add a level of protection against poorly written MASTER_SITES.
>         Let me know what do you think.

I object. This is a bad practice to use a workaroung to fix misdesign
instead of fixing the real source of the problem. Please fix
MASTER_SITES_NN properly.

-Maxim

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