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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:16:40 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Oliver Lehmann <oliver@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-fonts/tv-fonts Makefile
Message-ID:  <20080311101640.GA82256@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.t7s9szkf9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
References:  <200803072336.m27Na1SR009283@repoman.freebsd.org> <op.t7ojfpcw9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20080310152547.GB79662@FreeBSD.org> <op.t7s9szkf9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:35:13PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:25:47 -0500, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>  
> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:15:15PM -0600, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> >>On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:36:01 -0600, Oliver Lehmann <oliver@FreeBSD.org>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >>>oliver      2008-03-07 23:36:01 UTC
> >>>
> >>>  FreeBSD ports repository
> >>>
> >>>  Modified files:
> >>>    x11-fonts/tv-fonts   Makefile
> >>>  Log:
> >>>  remove USE_XLIB
> >>>  replace X_CLIENTS_PORT
> >>
> >>RUN_DEPENDS=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
> >
> >We should write a paragraph about = vs. := assignments in Porter's
> >Handbook.
> 
> I think I saw there has a PR that add a new feature, BR_DEPENDS (both  
> build/runtime dependency.) in bsd.port.mk.

Hm..  Probably OK, but I think BR_ prefix is overly short.  Nonetheless,
having a paragraph in Porter's Handbook still seems useful since far too
many of (especially new) committers/submitters fall into this error.

I'll try to write something up and file a PR later this day.

./danfe



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