Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 GMT From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/152177: [patch] remove section 12.19 from porters handbook Message-ID: <201011122032.oACKW3OB063182@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201011122040.oACKe8xW071361@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 152177 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] remove section 12.19 from porters handbook >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: Fri Nov 12 20:40:08 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eitan Adler >Release: >Organization: >Environment: >Description: 4.8 and 5.0 are now EOL and not really supported by ports so the workarounds are not "Necessary" >How-To-Repeat: 1. plug in computer 2. sit in comfortable chair 3. turn on computer (can be reversed with #2) 4. Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/dads-workarounds.html >Fix: Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.1078 diff -u -u -r1.1078 book.sgml --- book.sgml 3 Nov 2010 21:54:27 -0000 1.1078 +++ book.sgml 12 Nov 2010 20:20:01 -0000 @@ -14281,30 +14281,6 @@ and confirm the changes with them.</para> </sect1> - <sect1 id="dads-workarounds"> - <title>Necessary workarounds</title> - - <para>Sometimes it is necessary to work around bugs in - software included with older versions of &os;.</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Some versions of &man.make.1; were broken - on at least 4.8 and 5.0 with respect to handling - comparisons based on <makevar>OSVERSION</makevar>. - This would often lead to failures during - <command>make describe</command> (and thus, the overall - ports <command>make index</command>). The workaround is - to enclose the conditional comparison in spaces, e.g.: - <programlisting>if ( ${OSVERSION} > 500023 )</programlisting> - Be aware that test-installing a port on 4.9 or 5.2 - will <emphasis>not</emphasis> detect this problem.</para> - </listitem> - - </itemizedlist> - - </sect1> - <sect1 id="dads-misc"> <title>Miscellanea</title> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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