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Date:      Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:55:53 +0200
From:      Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
To:        "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
Cc:        James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/19417: /usr/ports/misc/jargon/README.html needsupdating  now   ;-)
Message-ID:  <v04220801b576cd99fb3c@[195.238.1.121]>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006211454130.46709-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006211454130.46709-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>

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At 2:59 PM -0400 2000/6/21, Chris D. Faulhaber wrote:

>  Because README.html files are included in the RELEASES (when you install
>  and select 'ports') but not if you CVSup from scratch.  If you have never
>  done a 'make readme', then your README.html files are simply what was
>  extracted during the install.

	Alright, can we then say that they should be updated if they are 
present, and otherwise left alone?

>  Personally I don't install the ports tree from a RELEASE, instead
>  CVSup'ing from my local CVS tree, so I have no READHE.html's around.

	Out of curiosity, what are your views on how common this sort of 
activity would be, relative to installing the ports tree from a 
RELEASE, and then perhaps CVS'uping from there?

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