From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 03:03:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8773D16A4BF for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 03:03:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shaft.techsupport.co.uk (shaft.techsupport.co.uk [212.250.77.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A720E43FEC for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2003 03:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from pc3-cdif2-5-cust222.cdif.cable.ntl.com ([81.101.152.222] helo=shrike.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by shaft.techsupport.co.uk with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.20) id 19uqxl-0003Zu-Ip; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 11:03:37 +0100 Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.22) id 19uqxj-0006ae-4l; Thu, 04 Sep 2003 11:03:35 +0100 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:03:35 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Annelise Anderson Message-ID: <20030904100335.GA25063@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Annelise Anderson , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bidwatcher port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:03:40 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 02:18:47AM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: >=20 > The bidwatcher ports seems to get updated by David O'Brien > without any notification to this list--which is fine; I'd just thought > if a port were changed it would show up here. >=20 > But I write to ask for a change in the TIMEFUDGE stuff--if left > alone a snipe will be placed five minutes before the time requested, not > AT THE TIME you requested. Thus I always have to edit the Makefile (since > I don't want my bid to go in five minutes in advance. It's not hard to > change, it's just that I forget to do so and this five minute fudge seems > to take away the very point of the program, which is to make a bid so > late others cannot respond. So could we have the TIMEFUGDE set at 0 > rather than 300 seconds? I try to remember to edit the Makefile to do so > but don't always remember. The program offers a range around 20 seconds, > which is the basic idea. Could you not simply set TIMEFUDGE=3Dx in your /etc/make.conf? Ceri --=20 User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/Vw32ocfcwTS3JF8RAmYGAKCzohHq7OZLP5nMzjZAW04DEPkxUwCbBlZH 2ea6Ct7IWhSy/OW2EbAfsas= =7trh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--