Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:07:03 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andre Goeree <abgoeree@uwnet.nl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup problem Message-ID: <20010220200703.B43311@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <20010220222927.B28847@mandark.attica.home>; from abgoeree@uwnet.nl on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:27PM %2B0100 References: <3A92BEDE.2466B71F@infovia.com.ar> <20010220120528.B36208@mollari.cthul.hu> <20010220222927.B28847@mandark.attica.home>
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 10:29:27PM +0100, Andre Goeree wrote:
> I couldn't agree more:)
> But you forgot to add that people should read bsd.port.mk.
>
> .if (!defined(PATCHDIR) && exists(${MASTERDIR}/patches)) || \
> (!defined(PKGDIR) && exists(${MASTERDIR}/pkg)) || \
> (!defined(MD5_FILE) && exists(${MASTERDIR}/files/md5))
> pre-everything::
> @${ECHO} "Error: your port uses an old layout. Please update it to match this bsd.port.mk. If you have updated your ports collection via cvsup and are
> still getting this error, see Q12 and Q13 in the cvsup FAQ on http://www.polstra.com for further information."
> @${FALSE}
>
> It tells you exactly what's wrong with the port lay-out.
Yep, it tells you what is triggering the error, but the larger issue
is that there may be other things like patches which aren't being
deleted by cvsup for the reasons explained in the FAQ, which will
still cause your build to fail in ways which don't produce a helpful
error message.
Kris
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