Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:34:33 +0100 From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] recent instability on ports for 4.X Message-ID: <m3fynd4p2u.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <20060123234606.GA32617@soaustin.net> (Mark Linimon's message of "Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:46:06 -0600") References: <20060123234606.GA32617@soaustin.net>
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linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) writes: > The most recent checkin of bsd.*.mk has caused some instability which we > (the portmgr team) now think we've fixed the critical parts of. 'make > search' is still broken and we are working on that. This only affects 4.X. > > This was the first time we've tested a patchset on 5-exp instead of 4-exp > and of course this enraged Murphy (he of Murphy's Law) and so he came and > bit us pretty hard. > > As well, a few ports that were doing non-standard things with USE_RC_SUBR > were broken by this same checkin, and we are working with the maintainers > on those ports as we find them. > > Apologies for the instability. Coming from Linux for the most part where even kernel hackers don't care for what they messed up, I'm quite impressed someone takes responsibility for third-party ports@ annoyances. Thanks a lot! This is what makes FreeBSD surroundings a friendly place. -- Matthias Andree
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