From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 18:59:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488CC1065675 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:59:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx23.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDCD68FC0A for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 25524 invoked by uid 399); 28 Dec 2010 18:59:05 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO doug-optiplex.ka9q.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 28 Dec 2010 18:59:05 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4D1A3378.3040209@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:59:04 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101210 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eygene Ryabinkin References: <4D15D275.6000308@gmail.com> <4D194421.9080304@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portmaster: print /usr/ports/UPDATING on update X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:59:06 -0000 On 12/27/2010 23:07, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > I had shown the simple shell script that will parse the UPDATING and > present the entries for the given port if the fall into the "last N > days" category. If you had missed it -- ping me, I'll show it to you > once again. Did you even read my post? I specifically stated that I had caught up with the thread (which implies that I saw your script). I also said that trying to write a parser for the UPDATING text file is a bad idea, and not something I'm interested in pursuing. I was taking pains to avoid having to specifically delineate all the reasons your suggestion is a bad idea because I'd rather focus on moving in a more useful direction. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/