Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:19:02 +0100 From: Kirill Ponomarew <krion@voodoo.oberon.net> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Volker Stolz <vs@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/dns/powerdns Makefile Message-ID: <20050201111901.GM93795@voodoo.oberon.net> In-Reply-To: <20050201110926.GL73948@submonkey.net> References: <200502011006.j11A6lrv037991@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050201101152.GE93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201105028.GK73948@submonkey.net> <20050201105654.GH93795@voodoo.oberon.net> <20050201110926.GL73948@submonkey.net>
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > That's right, since it doesn't have any special characters, but when > > it does, then BROKEN needs to be quoted, and IGNORE needs to be not > > quoted, because it is already quoted by bsd.port.mk. > > Add this to the handbook somewhere - it's totally counter-intuitive, but > at least having it documented may just save you having to remind people > all the time ;-) I would just write that BROKEN strings should be always quoted and IGNORE strings should not. Writing about special characters can confuse people, since not everyone knows what they are :) Could you add it to porters handbook ? -Kirill
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