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Date:      Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:33:09 +0900
From:      Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/gdm Makefile
Message-ID:  <20070614223309.c06691be.nork@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.ttvmt1il9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
References:  <200706131619.l5DGJOtS053441@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070613183745.GB54300@rot13.obsecurity.org> <op.ttvjlqr39aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070613192541.GA55166@rot13.obsecurity.org> <op.ttvmt1il9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:21:27 -0500
"Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> wrote:
> >> >>  Add a hack to fix a lot of hardcore paths of /usr/X11R6 to fix the
> >> >>problem for
> >> >>  users that do not have symlink of /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local when they
> >> >>have gdm
> >> >>  enable in the startup. Bump the PORTREVISION.
> >> >>  Reported by:    Werner Lehmann <elvis69@arcor.de>
> >> >FYI NOP changes like this shouldn't get PORTREVISION bumps.
> >> It needs to be bump for the package and other users that do not have
> >> symlink of /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/local. I do not want to do it by manual or
> >> add in UPDATING for tell them to reinstall it.
> > It's not a supported configuration to run without the symlink.
> > It is a good idea to fix remaining instances of /usr/X11R6 over time,
> > but these are NOP changes and should not get PORTREVISION bumps.
> Ok next time, I won't bump and will imaging it as a 'NOP' change. I feel  
> dirt to do this.

	I don't think that this change is NOP.  I was embarrassed with
	this problem, too.  I did clean-install all ports such as Werner.
	So I'm grad to get fixed binary by mezz's bumping PORTREVISION.



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