ports/168018: x3270 port marked broken - won't package- but appears to package just fine

[larry bradford]

>Number:         168018
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       x3270 port marked broken - won't package- but appears to package just fine
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 17 17:10:04 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     larry bradford
>Release:        9.0-Stable/amd64, 8.3-Prerelease/amd64, 7.4-Stable/amd64/i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:
FreeBSD drainpump.wickerbasket.boldlygoingnowhere.org 7.4-STABLE FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE #0: Fri May  4 00:41:44 UTC 2012     root at drainpump.wickerbasket.boldlygoingnowhere.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DRAIN  amd64FreeBSD gonzo1.okc.ok.us 7.4-STABLE FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE #4: Sat May  5 15:29:44 UTC 2012     root at gonzo1.okc.ok.us:/usr/obj/u/src/sys/GONZO1  i386
FreeBSD vacuumpump.okc.ok.us. 9.0-STABLE FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE #0: Thu May 17 03:44:41 UTC 2012     root at vacuumpump.okc.ok.us.:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/VACUUM  amd64

FreeBSD stomachpump.okc.ok.us 8.3-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-PRERELEASE #0: Thu May 17 03:31:20 UTC 2012     root at stomachpump.okc.ok.us:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/STOMACH  amd64




>Description:
Port x11/x3270 is marked BROKEN and DEPRECIATED. The reason given in the BROKEN variable is "does not package". By commenting out the BROKEN and DEPRECIATED variables in the port Makefile, I am able to successfully build, install, and package the port. I may not be correctly interpreting the BROKEN reason, but it
does seem to build for me. I agree that at one time several months ago, the port
did not package, but it has been successfully building a package recently. I am using a copy of the ports tree from a cvsup run on 17 May 2012.
>How-To-Repeat:
check out the ports tree, comment out the BROKEN, DEPRECIATED, and EXPIRATION_DATE
variables in the x11/x3270 Makefile. Build, install, and  package the port.
>Fix:
return the port to non-broken status

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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