docs/75091: [patch] tell porters handbook about IGNOREFILES

Edwin Groothuis edwin at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 15 04:50:42 UTC 2004


>Number:         75091
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] tell porters handbook about IGNOREFILES
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 15 04:50:30 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Edwin Groothuis
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #14: Sun Nov 21 01:22:46 GMT 2004 kensmith at freefall.freebsd.org:/c/src/sys/compile/FREEFALL i386


>Description:

Tell the porters handbook about the IGNOREFILES variable.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.504
diff -u -r1.504 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	14 Dec 2004 18:38:46 -0000	1.504
+++ book.sgml	15 Dec 2004 04:43:11 -0000
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@
 	<para>Just type <command>make makesum</command>. The ports make rules
 	  will automatically generate the file
 	  <filename>distinfo</filename>.</para>
+
+	<para>If a file fetched has its checksum changed regulary,
+	  for example it comes from manufacturer CDs or documentation
+	  generated daily, you should specify these files in the
+	  <makevar>IGNOREFILES<makevar> variable. Then the checksum
+	  is not calculated for that file when you run <command>make
+	  makesum</command>, but set to <literal>IGNORE</literal>.</para>
       </sect1>
 
       <sect1 id="porting-testing">
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