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| author | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-03-10 17:57:11 +0000 |
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| committer | hubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org> | 2000-03-10 17:57:11 +0000 |
| commit | 5afe5839248ad08bb61cc7a45c7e5c179d74e94f (patch) | |
| tree | 195593139f9a9b9496037b6d2f4a4d380288e0f3 /Packages.txt | |
| parent | f446c1046f5879828b5149baa09a91ac01a183ca (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-5afe5839248ad08bb61cc7a45c7e5c179d74e94f.tar.gz | |
Stop phantasizing about merging pkgs back into FreeBSD, instead tell people
to submit patches that apply without fuzz. (Maybe someone could explain the
exact issues with this).
Diffstat (limited to 'Packages.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Packages.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 5ee9989b43a..49891674e0f 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.82 2000/02/10 22:39:34 abs Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.83 2000/03/10 17:57:11 hubertf Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -407,13 +407,10 @@ will compile and run perfectly on NetBSD. The files are applied successively in alphabetic order (as returned by a shell "patches/patch-*" glob expansion), so patch-aa is applied before patch-ab etc. -The patch-?? files should be in diff -bu format. This is because (not only) -the FreeBSD ports tsar finds this format easier to read than context diffs, -and so you have more chance of getting your NetBSD package accepted as part -of the FreeBSD ports system if you format your diffs in a unified fashion. - -Furthermore, do not put changes for more than one file into a single -patch-file, as this will make future modifications more difficult. +The patch-?? files should be in diff -bu format, and apply without a fuzz +to avoid problems. Furthermore, do not put changes for more than one file +into a single patch-file, as this will make future modifications more +difficult. One important thing to mention is to pay attention that no RCS IDs get stored in the patch files, as these will cause problems when later checked @@ -1453,11 +1450,11 @@ Furthermore, a mail to the package's author seems appropriate making sure the distfile was really updated on purpose, and that no trojan horse or so crept in. - 9.16 What does "Don't know how to make /usr/share/tmap/tmac.andoc" mean? + 9.16 What does "Don't know how to make /usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc" mean? ======================================================================== When compiling the pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install package, you get the error -from make that it doesn't know how to make /usr/share/tmap/tmac.andoc? This +from make that it doesn't know how to make /usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc? This indicates that you don't have installed the "text" set on your machine (nroff, ...). Please do that. |