Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:58:00 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Hein <jhein@symmetricom.com> Cc: "Philip M. Gollucci" <pgollucci@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: ident strings in pkg-plist Message-ID: <4CA90A78.5010806@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <19625.2146.758021.796409@gossamer.timing.com> References: <AANLkTi=9ZfAhdkAZ5dhXebM=4dpnnmC83Awg9O6EeED9@mail.gmail.com> <19625.2146.758021.796409@gossamer.timing.com>
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Changing the list to have a real discussion about this. On 10/3/2010 3:49 PM, John Hein wrote: > I'll mention that > it has come in handy for me in the past. I put it into the category > of ident strings in binaries. It has a similar utility. > > Because I find it useful in maintaining and using a port/package, > I've been one that has added it to pkg-plist in the past. I'm curious about what your use case for the information is. You can always know if you have the latest version of the plist via cvs, c[v]sup, portsnap, etc. Other than knowing that you have the latest version, what utility does the $Id string in the file itself have? Doug -- Breadth of IT experience, and | Nothin' ever doesn't change, depth of knowledge in the DNS. | but nothin' changes much. Yours for the right price. :) | -- OK Go http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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