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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:15:47 +0200
From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Organization: Vega International Capital
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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)
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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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