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diff --git a/pkgtools/pkglint4/README b/pkgtools/pkglint4/README deleted file mode 100644 index 6c5eb9d7479..00000000000 --- a/pkgtools/pkglint4/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,27 +0,0 @@ -$NetBSD: README,v 1.1 2015/11/25 16:42:21 rillig Exp $ - -== Current problems == - -There are finally some automated tests that document a few intended -and actual behaviors. There is still plenty of poorly expressed -code not yet under test and therefore not yet safe to refactor. - -The current pkglint architecture will not scale much further. What is -needed next are parsers for nested, non-context-free languages (make(1), -sh(1), sed(1)). The parsers should be able to recognize partial -structures, as well as structures containing foreign parts. This is -because most of pkgsrc is heavily based on preprocessors: - -- The .if and .for directives in Makefiles are preprocessed by make(1) - before building dependencies and shell commands out of the remaining - text. - -- make(1) assembles shell commands from literal text and variables like - ${PKGNAME}. - -- Shell commands often use dynamic evaluation of variables. - -All this makes enhancing pkglint non-trivial. If you know of any -academic papers that might be of help in this case, please tell me. - -The pkglint source code is much too big for a single file. |