cvs commit: ports/dns/powerdns Makefile

Ceri Davies ceri at submonkey.net
Tue Feb 1 03:20:22 PST 2005


On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:19:02PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > That's right, since it doesn't have any special characters, but when
> > > it does, then BROKEN needs to be quoted, and IGNORE needs to be not
> > > quoted, because it is already quoted by bsd.port.mk.
> > 
> > Add this to the handbook somewhere - it's totally counter-intuitive, but
> > at least having it documented may just save you having to remind people
> > all the time ;-)
> 
> I would just write that BROKEN strings should be always quoted and
> IGNORE strings should not.  Writing about special characters can
> confuse people, since not everyone knows what they are :)
> 
> Could you add it to porters handbook ?

Can do.

Ceri
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