svn commit: r553975 - head/Mk

[Cy Schubert]

In message <202011031005.0A3A5b5e070662 at repo.freebsd.org>, Mateusz 
Piotrowski w
rites:
> Author: 0mp
> Date: Tue Nov  3 10:05:37 2020
> New Revision: 553975
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/553975
>
> Log:
>   Discourage users from using DO_NADA
>   
>   It should not be used to make targets do nothing. In such cases,
>   it's most likely the ports infrastructure which requires fixing.
>   
>   Suggested by:	bapt
>   Approved by:	portmgr (bapt)
>   Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27072
>
> Modified:
>   head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
>
> Modified: head/Mk/bsd.port.mk
> =============================================================================
> =
> --- head/Mk/bsd.port.mk	Tue Nov  3 09:27:49 2020	(r553974)
> +++ head/Mk/bsd.port.mk	Tue Nov  3 10:05:37 2020	(r553975)
> @@ -2040,6 +2040,10 @@ STAGE_COOKIE?=		${WRKDIR}/.stage_done.${PORTNAM
> E}.${PR
>  
>  # How to do nothing.  Override if you, for some strange reason, would rather
>  # do something.
> +# In general, however, DO_NADA is a relict of the past in the ports

Is the word relict probably a typo? Though the words have similar meaning, 
relic is probably more appropriate.

> +# infrastructure, and most of its usage has been removed. If you need to def
> ine
> +# a target with DO_NADA, then there is a high chance that the ports
> +# infrastructure should be fixed instead.
>  DO_NADA?=		${TRUE}
>  
>  # Use this as the first operand to always build dependency.
>


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