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Date:      Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:46:52 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r304840 - in head/x11: nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-173 nvidia-driver-71 nvidia-driver-96
Message-ID:  <20120925154652.GA18222@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CADLo83-eY64UQXpHHER87GK7=bQzyd5D5qKtybiZEUCcRoFZ_w@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201209251523.q8PFNFwb051770@svn.freebsd.org> <CADLo83-eY64UQXpHHER87GK7=bQzyd5D5qKtybiZEUCcRoFZ_w@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 04:32:06PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote:
> I don't know if a special comment is needed; this is pretty standard slave
> behaviour.

I'd rather keep it, as nvidia-driver is pretty complicated port(s), and I
want it (them) to be documented thoroughly.  Almost all patches people send
to me miss one or two little things like that.  :-(

> However, it is a common problem, perhaps we could put a note into the
> Porter's Handbook in PORTREVISION or master/slave sections?
> 
> "It is usually incorrect to set PORTREVISION to 0, except in a slave port
> where it should override the master port"

I would change the last part to "where it should override the one set in
the master port".

./danfe



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