Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:49:00 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding comment to UPDATING file Message-ID: <49D7654C.8010608@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090404093151.344c9868@scorpio> References: <20090404072204.28191678@scorpio> <49D75693.1030802@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20090404093151.344c9868@scorpio>
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Jerry wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:11 +0100
> Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
>> I find it's also a good idea to add a warning about such things to
>> any pkg_message printed out at install time.
>=20
> Thanks! I was considering the pkg_message idea; however, users of
> Portupgrade or other port maintenance tools often do not see the
> messages printed out out the end of the installation. I will be
> including a message though.
portmaster saves up all the pkg_messages and displays them at the end
of the update session. I believe moves are afoot to add similar behaviou=
r
to some other ports management tools.
Also:
pkg_info -Dx portname=20
is a command that should be more widely known and used.
> Maybe they should add an addendum to the Porter's Handbook
> describing that.
If you send an e-mail to freebsd-doc@... or send-pr with some suggested t=
ext,
it or something similar is fairly likely to be incorporated. Even better=
if
you send a patch against the Docbook sources, but on the whole just havin=
g
some suggested text to work with is acceptable. Although right now is ma=
ybe
not the best time as I think the docs slush preparatory to 7.2-RELEASE is=
imminent, if not already here...
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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