Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 09:26:41 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/tar Makefile Makefile.inc config.h localedir.h src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/doc Makefile src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/lib Makefile src/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar Makefile buffer.c.diff common.h.diff compare.c.diff create.c.diff ... Message-ID: <20020605062641.GD17609@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20020604134038.A70495@FreeBSD.ORG> References: <200206041114.g54BEnI90285@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020604134038.A70495@FreeBSD.ORG>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:40:38PM -0700, J. Mallett wrote: > * From Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> > > sobomax 2002/06/04 04:14:49 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > gnu/usr.bin/tar Makefile > > Added files: > > gnu/usr.bin/tar Makefile.inc config.h localedir.h > > gnu/usr.bin/tar/doc Makefile > > gnu/usr.bin/tar/lib Makefile > > gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar Makefile buffer.c.diff common.h.diff > > compare.c.diff create.c.diff list.c.diff > > misc.c.diff names.c.diff rtapelib.c.diff > > tar.c.diff > > Log: > > Add bmake bits for building GNU tar from src/contrib/tar. > > Interesting approach. I assume you did this to make a merge less painful after > an import, but did you consider that now you have to update all these diffs? > > Personally, I'd rather see the diffs applied to bring it off the vendor branch > and so on, easier to track changes to them, and at least centralises your job > when doing future imports of new versions. > > But hey, your call, I just don't know that you gain a lot. > Maxim is also an active ports committer, so he apparently tries (the first time was with usr.bin/bzip2/doc/manual.texi.diff) to adopt the ports/ technique of patching stuff to src/. I do not personally like it, but with the manual.texi.diff it was minimal. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8/a8hUkv4P6juNwoRAjwlAJ4k+/FQylMcN6zqqv8AQxrykr1HbgCghNRS +XXomB2XhK/LkjbLWP1UdQc= =/9SM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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