Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 20:54:30 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base distinfo Message-ID: <20020528035430.GA55559@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20020528023416.GH93060@leviathan.inethouston.net> References: <200205280230.g4S2UM785008@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020528023416.GH93060@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:34:16PM -0500, David W. Chapman Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 07:30:22PM -0700, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien 2002/05/27 19:30:22 PDT
> >
> > Removed files:
> > emulators/linux_base distinfo
> > Log:
> > This file isn't used any more -- distinfo.{ARCH} is.
> >
> > Revision Changes Path
> > 1.19 +0 -55 ports/emulators/linux_base/distinfo (dead)
> >
> This file was used to keep track of all the distfiles. I'm not
> saying we need it, just that its intent for the past few years wasn't obsoleted by
> distinfo.(ARCH)
I'd say it was. It's better to reconstruct the complete list from the
constituent files than to dependent on an otherwise unused file that
can only get stale. If
cat distinfo.* | sort | uniq
is to much typing, add a target to the makefile :-)
--
Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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