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From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: "James E. Flemer" <jflemer@acm.jhu.edu>,
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Subject: Re: make index cruft (work/.comment_foo)
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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

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