Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 04:24:49 -0500 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: "James E. Flemer" <jflemer@acm.jhu.edu>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make index cruft (work/.comment_foo) Message-ID: <20030312092449.GA2211@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20030312072029.GA84349@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33L2.0303120103100.30559-100000@centaur.acm.jhu.edu> <20030312072029.GA84349@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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in message <20030312072029.GA84349@rot13.obsecurity.org>, wrote Kris Kennaway thusly... > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:09:52AM -0500, James E. Flemer wrote: > > Has anyone noticed that 'make index' seems to leave a lot of > > cruft around. I believe every single port ends up with > > a work/.comment_foo file. > > Yes, it's due to the current method of dealing with the COMMENT > variable (there are quoting bugs in bsd.port.mk, so it writes it > out to a temporary file instead). This is an interim solution > until someone fixes bsd.port.mk. Thanks Kris. I was mystified too. In the meantime though, there is not only no saving of inodes, but also a bit larger Makefiles due to duplicity ... not that i am complaining (much). - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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