Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:18:04 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/automake Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/devel/automake/files patch-ab patch-ad Message-ID: <20011025081804.F28706@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20011025130721.C46678@tao.org.uk>; from joe@tao.org.uk on Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:07:21PM %2B0100 References: <20011024124641.A506@dragon.nuxi.com> <200110242104.AAA93434@ipcard.iptcom.net> <20011024144228.C12307@dragon.nuxi.com> <20011025130721.C46678@tao.org.uk>
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On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 01:07:21PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:42:28PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > > And I don't think that the problem > > > is as fatal as you described, you (and any other maintainer with > > > the similar problem) have at least two relatively simple workarounds: > > > > > > 1. Do a repo-copy and create a new automakeXX/autoconfXX ports, > > > > cvs@ refused to do repo copies of this nature any more. > > On what basis? Version proliferation. Take tripwire for instance. We now have 3 versions in ports. In fact "tripwire" which many would assume is the latest and greatest is the oldest version. In the old days, Satoshi wanted there to be a very good reason for duplicates of ports. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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