% in filenames

[Sergey A. Osokin]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:36:22AM +0100, Mark Santcroos wrote:
> Is it really necessary to have the "%" in filenames?
> (list below)
> 
> It breaks for me having the ports tree in perforce.

In this place the "%" is directories delimiter.
If you don't like it - try to use another one,
for example `::', like this:

ports/www/oops/files/patch-src::Makefile.in

> ./archivers/dpkg/files/patch-utils%start-stop-daemon.c,v
> ./korean/ami/files/patch-src%ami.c,v
> ./korean/bitchx/files/patch-source%modules.c,v
> ./lang/egcs/files/patch-cp%decl.c,v
> ./lang/egcs/files/patch-cp%ptree.c,v
> ./lang/egcs/files/patch-libiberty%Makefile.in,v
> ./mail/exim-old/files/patch-src%smtp_in.c,v
> ./mail/postfix1/files/patch-src%trivial-rewrite%resolve.c,v
> ./sysutils/e2fsprogs/files/patch-intl%Makefile.in,v
> ./japanese/im-ja/files/Attic/patch-data%Makefile.in,v
> ./japanese/im-ja/files/Attic/patch-src%hiragana-convertable.h,v
> ./japanese/im-ja/files/Attic/patch-src%hiragana-convertable.txt,v
> ./japanese/im-ja/files/Attic/patch-src%wnnlib.c,v
> ./japanese/im-ja/files/patch-src%Makefile.in,v

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