Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:51:52 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INDEX build failed Message-ID: <20030930225152.GN59349@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <40C5B5F6-F37B-11D7-A7E8-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <1064894027.45333.10.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <40C5B5F6-F37B-11D7-A7E8-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:21:12PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 11:53 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >>>Did someone add a port called 'clean' or something? > >> > >>*looking suspiciously at edwin* > > > >Good look :-). > > > >[ 16:23 edwin ] Original commit > >clean 3.2 sysutils > > New port: sysutils/clean; automatically remove unwanted files > > > > New port: clean searches through the filesystem for > >"temporary > > files" left behind by editors and the like which can be > > deleted. The pattern of regular expressions is > >controllable > > via a ~/.cleanrc. > > > > PR: ports/52881 > > Submitted by: Chuck Swiger <chuck@pkix.net> > > /usr/ports/devel/patch doesn't seem to conflict with the existence of a > "make patch" target; I don't believe that the ports system should > forbid a port named "clean", or "install", if /usr/bin/install was a > port rather than part of the base system. That's because you will never do "make patch" in a category-directory, but always in a port-directory. And "make clean" is something that is called from the ports-root directory and it will dive into the category directories from there. > Regardless of my opinion, however, I do apologize for any inconvenience > that may have resulted. At the time I submitted the port, I asked > about the name on this list and received no feedback or objections > since June. > > Should the port be renamed? I have asked cvs@ to rename it to "clean_" so that this problem will be away, but haven't heard anything from them. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/weblog.php
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