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Date:      Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:20:00 -0400
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@freebsd.org>
Cc:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-doc@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook book.sgml
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgk2uXN83GDzf_8MYwxc8ouxpDpesiir0jsPCRUPTiOLgg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201204160231.q3G2VVJI037246@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <201204160231.q3G2VVJI037246@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On 15 April 2012 22:31, Warren Block <wblock@freebsd.org> wrote:
> wblock =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A02012-04-16 02:31:31 UTC
>
> =C2=A0FreeBSD doc repository
>
> =C2=A0Modified files:
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook book.sgml
> =C2=A0Log:
> =C2=A0Add a section describing automatic dependencies, the problems they
> =C2=A0cause, and the correct approach. =C2=A0Patch is a modified version =
of the
> =C2=A0original in the PR.

The patch does not describe the other half of the problem: ports may
be built for computers on which they will not be running. Even if the
indexing problem was solved it would still be wrong to detect the
existence of files automagically.



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Eitan Adler
Source & Ports committer
X11, Bugbusting teams



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