From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 16:02:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9949B16A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:02:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BDAC543D1F for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:02:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@chello.cz) Received: (qmail 46757 invoked by uid 0); 15 Jun 2004 16:02:02 -0000 Received: from r3al16.mistral.cz (HELO isis.wad.cz) (213.220.229.16) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 15 Jun 2004 16:02:02 -0000 Received: by isis.wad.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4E8FF2FDA01; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:02:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:02:02 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Oliver Eikemeier Message-ID: <20040615160202.GC2519@isis.wad.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Oliver Eikemeier , FreeBSD Ports List References: <20040615142313.GA26302@cs.huji.ac.il> <5588DFEE-BEDC-11D8-9250-00039312D914@fillmore-labs.com> <20040615153305.GB2519@isis.wad.cz> <40CEFDF3.9000408@fillmore-labs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40CEFDF3.9000408@fillmore-labs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: /usr/ports symlink + make search X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:02:36 -0000 # eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 15:47:31 +0200: > Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > ># eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com / 2004-06-15 16:57:34 +0200: > > > >>There are huge differences between the awk versions on -CURRENT and > >>-STABLE, and I've been bitten by them more than one. I can recommend > >>anyone writing non-trivial awk programs to test them on both systems. > > > >I used "awk --posix" during development of the script, and removed > >the switch only when I needed to test the icase keyword. > > I did not mean to criticize you of not testing you stuff. Sorry > if I sounded that way, that was totally unintentional. I just > noted that I had myself written (and committed) stuff that broke > on the other OS version, so you should not trust tests that happened > only with one of both versions. I did not feel that way at all. I just described what I did to make sure I wasn't needlessly relying on gawkisms. Sort of saying "here's my approach". -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html