Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 16:40:57 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need help with portlint Message-ID: <200002050040.QAA16328@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <20000204160509.B57320@dragon.nuxi.com> from "David O'Brien" at "Feb 4, 2000 04:05:09 pm"
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David O'Brien writes: > > My only complaint is that it seems to get confused by blank lines. > > First, what's so bad about blank lines? They help make the Makefile > > readable. > > In general I agree blank lines *can* make a Makefile more readable. But > sometimes not. The Ports Team has come up with a strick style format > that we would preferred was followed. It may not always be the best, but > in the end it just makes things much more consistent -- a trademark of > FreeBSD/BSD vs. the others. That sounds reasonable.. so in this case, portlint should say something like "you got too many blank lines", etc. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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