Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:48:01 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FATAL error emitted by portlint -A Message-ID: <20101219124801.GD3835@straylight.ringlet.net> In-Reply-To: <20101219124422.GB3835@straylight.ringlet.net> References: <20101219072444.00d4594a@seibercom.net> <20101219124422.GB3835@straylight.ringlet.net>
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--oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 02:44:22PM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 07:24:44AM -0500, Jerry wrote: > > I am attempting to update an existing port. When running "portlint -A" > > I am receiving an error message. > >=20 > > # portlint -A > > WARN: Makefile: for new port, make $FreeBSD$ tag in comment section emp= ty, to make CVS happy. > > WARN: Makefile: new ports should not set PORTREVISION. > > FATAL: README.html: for safety, be sure to cleanup README.html files be= fore committing the port. > > 1 fatal error and 2 warnings found. > >=20 > > The first two are no problem. it is the third one "FATAL" that I cannot > > understand. It never appeared before when I was updating this port. Is > > this really a "FATAL" error or can I simply disregard it? The port > > builds and installed fine. >=20 > Did you run a "make describe" sometime during the testing of the port? Uhm, yes, of course, as Matthew Seaman pointed out, it's "make readmes" that will generate README.html :) > It will generate README.html and a couple of other files, none of > which are supposed to be part of the actual port - all of them are > autogenerated when the need arises (e.g. building INDEX). >=20 > So compare all the files in your port's directory with the files from > a previous, known-good version of the port, see which are the new ones > and if you wrote them or some tool generated them :) If you didn't > write them, chances are you can safely remove them and things will work > just fine :) G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@space.bg roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 This sentence was in the past tense. --oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNDf8BAAoJEGUe77AlJ98Ti6wP/2OMk6Tn5KYN4hY1mN9A57ga Bed8ITm2L4A8qSqkquDOlfho+dDLuj6pwD+zdyxHn8QvupS6PUgVEnP0C3JLjgIc +GOJkmHTPhrGYOLS0v8CxrRc+6Yb6bIxfG7ICGRaZQO221lqHNanDJUQjDKKo2Ol razEPtbhYYDqUeYoqgb955t2Pscuj7GskGuyLA6HZMQkeckFwQ/aT7ncASi45/q+ IZynsj23W+w/CI31yiv33qWtfW3rZQFa3LieqLix0rSxWM/CkfOoVZHS+VR7JpZM HlYzL1889IP03gEaYdfJOfkh9BdiUr2uIexo1YH5pDIjqow7cD0icMB2+GvvvKQC FCEzMKVpGC8nJEYQofsdb9qje8agJKgWnyzr096sxHUpFySrrIRJaMaOyUtUcISP NCWw2hBQ1RYwNp7w/bMM3Of4V5GcI9+x/9FE+CYC2hnZaT07OHvRvr887NIXqdZb pSe983MjNwmPdzMagK7aqsRl4e7UKL7itDMjX6skxJ4c7fVcdOHX0L8RgYtYwNBj bGhaBF2aYs5ejfd+xGTQnB8LC+XtJh0lvk1YhZZXrPOkYrd1765+XdxKOWyeGEb4 t6IT963wBfr8xs3dP7y1Klf7zi0+lfrdZyomMbMoyRyO8o3k3Nse9aU9jJiE94It 8MSsa53my9RZEPzsnDcL =0UHC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp--
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