Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:00:45 GMT From: Aasmund Eikli <inter@o12a.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/66775: Clarification that port names should not contain version numbers Message-ID: <200407312100.i6VL0jPV076107@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/66775; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Aasmund Eikli <inter@o12a.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/66775: Clarification that port names should not contain
version numbers
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:52:16 +0200
Doc diffs to reflect suggestions:
--- article.sgml Tue Jul 27 16:34:49 2004
+++ article.sgml Sat Jul 31 15:35:56 2004
@@ -2418,7 +2418,9 @@
<step>
<para>Upgrade the copied port to the new version
(remember
to change the <makevar>PORTNAME</makevar> so there
- are not duplicate ports with the same name).</para>
+ are not duplicate ports with the same name).
+ Alternatively, change <makevar>LATEST_LINK</makevar>
+ depending on the purpose.</para>
</step>
<step>
and
--- book.sgml Sat Jul 31 15:40:21 2004
+++ book.sgml Sat Jul 31 15:52:11 2004
@@ -1064,7 +1064,10 @@
<literal>Data::Dumper</literal> module becomes
<literal>p5-Data-Dumper</literal>. If the software in question
has numbers, hyphens, or underscores in its name, you may
include
- them as well (like <literal>kinput2</literal>).</para>
+ them as well (like <literal>kinput2</literal>).
+ Make sure that the <makevar>PORTNAME</makevar> variable and the
+ <makevar>PORTVERSION</makevar> variable contains the name
and the
+ version number of the port respectively. You should not mix
the two.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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