Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:58:44 +0800 (CST) From: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: clsung@gmail.com Subject: docs/96639: [patch] suggestion to committer's guide that should have a description about remove ports Message-ID: <20060502035844.75F5F7EA3D@FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw> Resent-Message-ID: <200605020400.k4240b7U018603@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 96639
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] suggestion to committer's guide that should have a description about remove ports
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue May 02 04:00:37 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Cheng-Lung Sung
>Release: FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD @ Taiwan
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #7: Thu Apr 13 03:20:20 CST 2006 root@FreeBSD.csie.nctu.edu.tw:/home/usr.obj/usr/src/sys/FREEBSD i386
>Description:
Committer's guide only describe few about remove ports (in repo sections).
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml.orig Thu Apr 20 09:49:55 2006
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml Tue May 2 11:52:02 2006
@@ -2423,6 +2423,40 @@
</qandadiv>
<qandadiv>
+ <title>Removing an Existing Port</title>
+
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>How do I remove an existing port?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>First, please read the section about repository
+ copies. Make sure there is no dependency on the port
+ in the ports colloection, then perform the following:</para>
+
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <para>Remove the port via <command>cvs remove</command>.</para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Remove <makevar>SUBDIR</makevar> listing of the port
+ in the parent directory <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Remove the module entry in
+ <filename>CVSROOT/modules</filename>.</para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Add an entry to
+ <filename>ports/MOVED</filename>.</para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+ </qandadiv>
+
+ <qandadiv>
<title>Repository Copies</title>
<qandaentry>
@@ -2495,9 +2529,9 @@
<step>
<para>Add the new subdirectory to the
<makevar>SUBDIR</makevar> listing in the parent
- directory Makefile. You can run <command>make
- checksubdirs</command> in the parent directory to check
- this.</para>
+ directory <filename>Makefile</filename>. You can run
+ <command>make checksubdirs</command> in the parent
+ directory to check this.</para>
</step>
<step>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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