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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:44:49 -0600
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Tobias C. Berner" <tcberner@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r443599 - head/Mk
Message-ID:  <2E7EBFF9-6184-4CCA-BCAF-A3991EAF3A94@adamw.org>
In-Reply-To: <20170615005515.GA26393@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201706142018.v5EKIc8G062340@repo.freebsd.org> <20170615005515.GA26393@FreeBSD.org>

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> On 14 Jun, 2017, at 18:55, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 08:18:38PM +0000, Tobias C. Berner wrote:
>> New Revision: 443599
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/443599
>>=20
>> Log:
>>  Add note, that WRKDIRPREFIX must not end in '/'.
>>=20
>>  PR:		199297
>=20
> This is stupid, fragile, error-prone appoach that does not even cover =
all
> cases (like shown in the PR) when no paths end in slash but the =
problem
> still occurs.  Did you read the analysis of my original problem =
carefully
> enough?  It was not about slashes, it was symlinks and realpath.
>=20
> You might not like proposed solution but then think of something =
better;
> computers are smart enough to handle slashes automagically rather than
> depend on that unrealiable human beings will follow the rules and =
notes.

Okay, but WRKDIRPREFIX still shouldn't end in a slash though, and a =
comment saying not to put a slash at the end is a pretty reasonable =
move.

# Adam


--=20
Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org




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