From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jun 19 07:30:53 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 E0BA037B409
	for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mail.inka.de (quechua.inka.de [193.197.184.2])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA70B43F75
	for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 07:30:49 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from mailnull@mips.inka.de)
Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (uucp@)
	by mail.inka.de with gbsmtp 
	id 19T0R6-0003TF-03; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:30:48 +0200
Received: from kemoauc.mips.inka.de (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h5JEPMih002717
	for <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:25:22 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from mailnull@localhost.mips.inka.de)
Received: (from mailnull@localhost)
	by kemoauc.mips.inka.de (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5JEPLvU002710
	for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:25:21 +0200 (CEST)
From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:25:20 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bcsh4g$2c7v$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
References: <20030612222636.GA27898@mail.it.ca>
	<bcg9ds$1gok$2@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <20030615035421.GA83994@mail.it.ca>
Originator: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: portlint's FATAL warnings
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 14:30:54 -0000

Paul Chvostek <paul+fbsd@it.ca> wrote:

> The port in question is security/proxycheck, which I submitted recently.
> The HTML file contains usage examples and hints that aren't included in
> the man page or elsewhere in the dist tarball (which is versioned).  I
> could just make a pkg-message that points people to it,

Better add the pointer to the man page.  Or even the actual content.
I detest this single-user mindset that assumes the sysadmin who
installs packages is also the (only) user to run them.

> or I could maintain my own (versioned) version at a URL independent
> of the original author's....

That's fine too, but more work for you.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de