Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 07:13:37 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to determine the history of a port Message-ID: <4BFA1911.1020307@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20100524010724.GC216@comcast.net> References: <p06240809c81f6db1eb93@10.20.30.158> <AANLkTin88pf-_1Ge15zgxqfpU10bTUZfSf6Bb73Ec4Cz@mail.gmail.com> <20100524010724.GC216@comcast.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/05/2010 02:07:24, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Sun 23 May 2010 at 17:05:04 PDT Julien Laffaye wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> >> wrote: >>> Greetings again. A few years ago, I proposed editors/emacs-nox11 and >>> submitted a patch to create it, and thus became listed in the >>> comments at the beginning of the Makefile (but I am not the package >>> maintainer, I believe). Today I got a report that the package does >>> not build; I verified this. I want to help the user, but I have no >>> idea how the change that broke the build was added to the Makefile. >>> >>> How do I find the history so I can find out who added the problematic >>> line and figure out what they actually meant? >> >> You can find the CVS history via : >> - cvsweb at >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/editors/emacs-nox11/Makefile >> - freshports at http://www.freshports.org/editors/emacs-nox11/ > > Another thing that is sometimes useful is to query the GNATS database > for closed PR's related to the port. For example: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?category=&severity=&priority=&class=&state=&sort=none&text=emacs-nox11&responsible=&multitext=&originator=&closedtoo=on&release= > > > Interestingly, the only thing this turns up for emacs-nox11 is the > original PR that created the port -- which means any subsequent changes > were probably the result of some comprehensive updates each of which > affected several ports in one swoop. > Or that the people submitting the PR's didn't follow the accepted > practice of including category & portname in the subject line. ;) In this case, it's different. editors/emacs-nox11 is a slave port of editors/emacs and I think you'll find quite a lot of PRs and CVS history to do with editors/emacs. I believe the problem the OP mentioned has been analyzed and a fix will be committed shortly. See the thread beginning here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-ports/2010-May/195149.html Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkv6GREACgkQ8Mjk52CukIwMCACfZHzNMzBWZNa+3f0DVLTtptJ5 TWEAnR7KA6WJ2MKysIPiFNCukRajUqIt =67KM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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