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Date:      Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:47 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Eygene Ryabinkin <rea@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: portmaster: print /usr/ports/UPDATING on update
Message-ID:  <20101229120047.GO22635@e.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <4D1A3378.3040209@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 10:59:04AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> 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.
>=20
> Did you even read my post? I specifically stated that I had caught up=20
> with the thread (which implies that I saw your script). I also said that=
=20
> trying to write a parser for the UPDATING text file is a bad idea, and=20
> not something I'm interested in pursuing. I was taking pains to avoid=20
> having to specifically delineate all the reasons your suggestion is a=20
> bad idea because I'd rather focus on moving in a more useful direction.

Picking a random mail from this thread...

Is anyone aware of pkg_updating(1)? It's in base for 2 years.

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