cvs commit: ports/Tools/scripts README.portsearch

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 28 02:14:40 UTC 2011


On 12/27/2011 17:48, Wesley Shields wrote:
> 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.

Thanks. :)



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