From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 20:40:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABBD1065673 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BC68FC17 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oACKe8nj071362 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oACKe8xW071361; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:08 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201011122040.oACKe8xW071361@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Eitan Adler Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944FD1065673 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825218FC1F for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oACKW3BL063183 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id oACKW3OB063182; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201011122032.oACKW3OB063182@www.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:32:03 GMT From: Eitan Adler To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: docs/152177: [patch] remove section 12.19 from porters handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:40:09 -0000 >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. - - Necessary workarounds - - Sometimes it is necessary to work around bugs in - software included with older versions of &os;. - - - - Some versions of &man.make.1; were broken - on at least 4.8 and 5.0 with respect to handling - comparisons based on OSVERSION. - This would often lead to failures during - make describe (and thus, the overall - ports make index). The workaround is - to enclose the conditional comparison in spaces, e.g.: - if ( ${OSVERSION} > 500023 ) - Be aware that test-installing a port on 4.9 or 5.2 - will not detect this problem. - - - - - - Miscellanea >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: