Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:09:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/ddd Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908200908390.4835-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <vqck8qqwxtu.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
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On 20 Aug 1999, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> * Back out serious breakage introduced by previous commit: you can't use
> * ${SED} and ${AWK} in != statements because they are executed
> * immediately.
>
> Please test stuff before committing. This Makefile couldn't have done
> *anything* without spitting out errors like a gallstone. :<
>
> Syntax errors in Makefiles are extremely hard to track down since I
> usually find this when the whole package build blows up when INDEX
> generation fails. And since the INDEX is sorted, it is not clear
> where the error comes from. :<
Sorry. Were those bogus portlint warnings then?
>
> Satoshi
>
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