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| -rw-r--r-- | pkgtools/pkglint/DESCR | 15 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pkgtools/pkglint/DESCR b/pkgtools/pkglint/DESCR index aa677c3672e..bff78e0924e 100644 --- a/pkgtools/pkglint/DESCR +++ b/pkgtools/pkglint/DESCR @@ -1,10 +1,7 @@ -pkglint tries to verify the content of a package directory. -The purpose of pkglint can be separated into two parts: - (1) to let the submitters easily polish her/his own package - directory, and - (2) to decrease the labor of the committers. +pkglint is for pkgsrc packages what lint(1) is for C files. It checks +for various things that the used languages cannot detect, for example +application-specific restrictions on certain variables. -pkglint uses very simple regular-expression matching for verifying -files that make up a package directory. Note that it does NOT implement -complete parser for those files. Because of this the user may see some -extra warnings, especially when checking complex Makefiles. +Before importing a new package or making changes to an existing package, +pkglint should be run in the package's directory to check for common +errors. |