cvs commit: ports/Tools/scripts README.portsearch

Wesley Shields wxs at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 28 01:48:07 UTC 2011


On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 05:13:58PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> Blah ... I was really hoping to stay out of this, but with respect I
> think this change went the wrong direction. How about:
> 
> -f file		Use an index file with the name "file," instead of /usr/ports/INDEX
> 
> I'd actually rather change that to:
> 
> -f CUSTOM	Use an index file named "CUSTOM," ...
> 
> But the rest of the examples use generic terms for their argument
> examples, and I don't want to break that style.
> 
> 
> knowing I'll hate myself for getting involved,

I went with your suggestion. I only brought this up because it is a
common idiom in documentation and one that is valuable to stick with.

-- WXS


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