Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:30:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) Cc: ache@nagual.ru, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/news/tin Makefile ports/news/tin/files md5 ports/news/tin/patches patch-aa Message-ID: <199611121830.SAA25560@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <199611120639.WAA10258@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from Satoshi Asami at "Nov 11, 96 10:39:21 pm"
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> * Most complete way to not forget to change something is changing it > * in one place only and let make substitutions do all other changes for you. > > I understand, didn't I write so in my mail? Now tell me: > > DISTNAME= foo-1996 > PKGNAME= bar-1996 > > What is the realistic chance of you changing foo and forgetting to > change bar accordingly? :) > > Satoshi > It can easily be overlooked, but Satoshi is right. If things in other files depend on this... either both lines need updating by hand, or inter-file dependencies need to be automated. Adam
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