Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 05:36:10 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 199571] ports-mgmt/portmaster: [change-request] please ban portmaster Message-ID: <bug-199571-13-cXa6o7r8Qo@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-199571-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-199571-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199571 Chris Hutchinson <portmaster@bsdforge.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |portmaster@bsdforge.com --- Comment #1 from Chris Hutchinson <portmaster@bsdforge.com> --- (In reply to torsten.eichstaedt from comment #0) > Rationale: portmaster is a >4000 (!!!) line shell script. It's common sense > that shell scripts are ok for small tasks but quickly become unmaintanable > once they grow. > > Portmaster should simply do "cd /usr/ports && make help" > > Don't laugh I'm serious with this. Correction; it's a collection of routines. Not unlike that of a program written in C, or any number of other languages. I might also add; it works. So what exactly is your beef, again? --Chris -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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