From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 17:39:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E571D5 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:39:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-pa0-f50.google.com (mail-pa0-f50.google.com [209.85.220.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FF31CB for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id fa11so1371044pad.37 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:39:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=Hgg6D6wqyRqSoq/xItKY1s+jVrsHBMboPd77lYDNWiY=; b=jXcyxb+iEXhktnzfrfX57+l/5Fn1adwwa/2cXGucjUGasHlm6gtX6BWYMcDZRswM/+ PVw/9XFZdvat9QutL77vPR/tne7WjOZxVJnBZ73RcP2O0zIshEr/YYvcc/0Fya/7dTFy e5OkPV162I5VLqDOkyYU2An8Gst/Ss1TZ2X8o= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=Hgg6D6wqyRqSoq/xItKY1s+jVrsHBMboPd77lYDNWiY=; b=JzRomgyfjMRnjESFCpEfFWd4LBm3NrrG/Z1XxP/q1fO64k84opL7bpgVPePeoQvmPc TcsXJhSFnGZX6eB8m4CBC0ZMyS6ot+jRvwhy6AmE/QUTEn4gbD/e83/qpabXFDbwzCet rGVs6rb1ZzLJqbP2tp4afhE4P9QWKQkuKzFvZwC+RaUZO2XlqVLa+ESXgAEiCq8GJTk8 aFD2PKzreeD/DdYE41FQZb8tQWMAqDy4jTN+znK+9TmUeQYUCPgiBkVT20cXbH0E4n4s wlwxD5i9a5IlLMbmySZfagV0alR2cArTCQwp9IiToCNiVud4ULGx5f4vjJg1Bxd6tft1 xw0Q== X-Received: by 10.68.4.97 with SMTP id j1mr6062599pbj.157.1360863550587; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:39:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lists@eitanadler.com Received: by 10.66.148.10 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <511D1A16.6040505@FreeBSD.org> References: <201302141435.r1EEZsXu042558@svn.freebsd.org> <511CF790.7040804@FreeBSD.org> <511D0D48.1090000@FreeBSD.org> <511D1A16.6040505@FreeBSD.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:38:40 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bzoKAyhuICRw5m24h_CNuneFVVM Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r40970 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook To: Alex Dupre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlezKXfWkDubUkpWk/0e57QU5gdmAiNVokzeqQYIWj+ymmNLUPDE4FKHbeBLrwDyHzBWQqy Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Pietro Cerutti X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:39:12 -0000 On 14 February 2013 12:08, Alex Dupre wrote: >> Perhaps if one is changing other things it doesn't hurt to also fix >> this. It isn't a big priority though. > > I agree with you that using -pthread on compiling and linking is The > Right Thing. My objection is that the porter's handbook says maintainers > *must* patch ports to use -pthread. When PTHREAD_CFLAGS/LIBS were added > to bsd.port.mk (and such requirements added to porter's handbook) there > was a specific actual reason and we should obey. Now there isn't > anymore, we can finally live happy and stop patching ports. > > A more useful addition in the Porter's handbook IMHO would be an entry > about 'ltverhack' to avoid useless shared library bumps. Even this is > not mandatory, but at least we get a huge gain. okay. I agree with you entirely. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams