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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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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

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