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Date:      Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:25:09 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Sahil Tandon <sahil@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <4E41B3C5.80108@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110809220138.GA274@magic.hamla.org>
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On 08/09/2011 15:01, Sahil Tandon wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 21:16:23 +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> 
>> On 9 August 2011 20:43, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2011 12:18, Chris Rees wrote:
>>>> On 9 August 2011 17:50, Steven Kreuzer <skreuzer@freebsd.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I missed it when I first looked to see if this was a port. I
>>>>> removed mine from the tree
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone object if I looked at adding danfe's grep suggestion
>>>> to addport ? We have similar checks in rmport...
>>>
>>> Not sure exactly what you're proposing. If you're talking about
>>> humans looking to see if a port exists already then 'cd /usr/ports
>>> && make search name=foo' is probably an easier way to do that.
>>
>> I was thinking of (like the PRs open for $port of rmport)
>>
>> Ports named like ack: textproc/p5-ack
>>
>> Are you sure you wish to continue [Y/N]?
> 
> I think this is a reasonable idea - please do not be discouraged from
> trying.

I sincerely hope you're not referring to my question as a possible
source of discouragement. It certainly was not intended to be.

> Us humans are imperfect, and it would be nice to have another
> check if it is implemented in a useful manner.  Looking forward to the
> patch.

I agree that this kind of functionality is a good addition to addport,
the only questions are "What is the best way to accomplish it?" and
"Might there be a more generally useful approach?"


Doug

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