Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 01:14:23 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Pete Fritchman <petef@absolutbsd.org>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] small speedups in Mk/bsd.port.mk Message-ID: <20040503081423.GA99522@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040503080953.GA12341@isis.wad.cz> References: <20040502050806.C12FB177CB@sirius.firepipe.net> <20040502070355.GA345@isis.wad.cz> <20040503065209.GA92943@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040503080953.GA12341@isis.wad.cz>
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On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 10:09:53AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # kris@obsecurity.org / 2004-05-02 23:52:09 -0700:
> > On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:03:55AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >=20
> > > Hrmph, right, dot is just one of regexp metacharacters.
> > > This version uses plain string comparisons in DISTINFO_SIZE_AWK a=
nd
> > > DISTINFO_CKSUM_AWK.
> > >=20
> > > Thanks again for testing! This would have taken weeks if I submit=
ted
> > > the patch right away.
> >=20
> > But that's why you should always test patches thoroughly before
> > submitting them, right? ;-)
>=20
> Yes, and I didn't mean to imply anything except that dealing with
> portmgr@ is slow business.
> =20
> As I said, my box has cooling problems, e. g. it couldn't finish two
> consecutive builds of mod_php4 yesterday. Plus, testing can't prove
> absence of bugs, and I of course tested all changes, but missed some
> things, like the fact that there are more RE metacharacters than
> just the dot. That's what public testing is good for, right? :)
>=20
> BTW any progress with ports/40699? Average response time from
> portmgr@ 7 months, and it's been suspended ("the patch doesn't apply
> anymore"; no wonder two years after it's been submitted :) for more
> than month despite three new versions of the patch?
We'll be able to look at it once 4.10 is out the door.
Kris
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