Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 17:23:19 -0800 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: ache@nagual.pp.ru Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, asami@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: amanda port, empty PATCH_STRIP= lines causes trouble Message-ID: <199801190123.RAA17475@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119014033.14512A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119014033.14512A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.980119014033.14512A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>, =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru> wrote: > The first reason of "unfixing" was that standard ncurses patches > set applies cleanly on all systems excepting FreeBSD (which have > abnormal "fixed" patch). Come on, Andrey, the new patch has broken a sizeable portion of the ports tree just to fix ncurses, which IMHO is broken itself. > Ncurses patches set is only bug trigger and it seems better not wait > until another one comes in. When another one comes in, then we'll have two. Currently, we have a lot more broken ports than that, all as a result of this change. > I especially wonder why you not say something when patch was "fixed" > first and new CVS imported. Sometimes the consequences of a change aren't obvious until it's been made. This one is bad news. A lot of people are complaining about it. I wish you'd just back it out until a better solution can be found. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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