[Bug 233697] Porter's handbook: Makes clearer the official ordering for plist

[bugzilla-noreply at freebsd.org]

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233697

            Bug ID: 233697
           Summary: Porter's handbook: Makes clearer the official ordering
                    for plist
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: doc at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: phascolarctos at protonmail.ch

Created attachment 199720
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=199720&action=edit
patch for official plist ordering

It looks like there is an official ordering for plist's (some committers
explicitly requested it), although it is only suggested and not required in the
porter's handbook: my patch makes it clear that it is required and tries to
explain it better.

Indeed the ordering is described by the handbook just as alphabetical and I
thought that the "sort" command would generate it, but I was wrong: I was
explained that the ordering must occur after variable expansion, not before,
and that "make makeplist" can be used to generate it. I put those details in
the patch.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.