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Date:      Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:44:48 +0100
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: A new and better way to do "make readmes"?
Message-ID:  <CAJ_iqtYw1xZ52qzkk=ggm5NHjGh5Lk1GsJnWSr8-NcmYXVa7wg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote:

> I've been thinking for a long time that we need a better way to do
> "make readmes", one that would be properly integrated into our
> ports Mk infrastructure, to take advantage of make's ability to
> recognize which files are up-to-date and which really do need
> rebuilding.
>
> I like to make sure my README.html files are all up-to-date after my
> nightly ports tree update, but with the current scheme, that means
> either rebuilding *all* of the files in the tree, or (as I'm doing at
> present) using some sort of "kludgey" (kludgy?) workaround.
>
>
So people are actually using the readme files?
Are many people using them?
I ask because I *never* use them (unless they are used by 'make search'?),
I always use freshports.org (BTW, thanks for an excellent service!) when I
need to find out anything about a port.

-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen



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