cvs commit: ports/irc/bitchx Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/irc/bitchx/files .placeholder patch-source_gcc_fix

Alexey Dokuchaev danfe at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jan 29 02:55:07 PST 2008


On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:03:49AM +0100, Tilman Linneweh wrote:
> * Beech Rintoul [2008-01-28 23:55]:
> >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     irc/bitchx           Makefile distinfo pkg-plist 
> >   Added files:
> >     irc/bitchx/files     .placeholder patch-source_gcc_fix 
> >   Log:
> >   - Update to 1.1-final.
> 
> Actually you downgraded to 1.1-final. The new distfile has the same
> MD5 as before your last upgrade on August 15.
> 
> Why? And if you had a reason for the downgrade, why didn't you downgrade
> via PORTEPOCH?
> 
> And the .placeholder file could have been created with touch or echo.

Also, ${FILESDIR} might not be writable during port build procedure, so
that file presence is arguable even more.  I've already raised this
concern and currently discussing it with beech@ in private, per his
preference.

./danfe


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