files/patch-* pathname separators (was Re: cvs commit:
ports/games Makefile ...)
Alexey Dokuchaev
danfe at nsu.ru
Wed Apr 21 05:03:01 PDT 2004
On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 10:43:05AM +0000, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 04:54:27PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 09:40:50AM +0000, Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 01:09:03PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:08:10PM +0700, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > > > > While particular choice for a separator is arguable, the general scheme
> > > > > for patch-files is not, right? FWIW, that was my point, not `::' vs.
> > > > > whatever.
> > > > >
> > > > > As a side note, I don't really see any problem with `::' or `-'.
> > > >
> > > > 1. Bash escapes it so it actually becomes 4 characters.
> > > > This should not be takeing lightly -- people bitched about '%' in
> > > > patch names and they were all changed because its a magic charter for
> > > > Perforce and Perforce users could be bothered to escape it.
> > > >
> > > > 2. With the file name lenths of some of our patches (greater than 80
> > > > chars) two characters, when one will do, is annoying.
> > >
> > > If nobody objects, I'll add the following patch to the porters handbook
> > > to avoid profileration.
> >
> > Good idea. Please suggest some evil-less chars (like `+') for
> > separators, and (*begging*) discourage porters from using ``patch-xx''
> > scheme, and commit your patch!
>
> New patch suggestion:
OK, probably last nit: could you possibly wrap ::, %, and + like this:
`::', `%', and `+' ?
./danfe
>
> Index: book.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.400
> diff -u -r1.400 book.sgml
> --- book.sgml 16 Apr 2004 15:05:32 -0000 1.400
> +++ book.sgml 21 Apr 2004 10:31:08 -0000
> @@ -614,10 +614,15 @@
> <replaceable>*</replaceable> denotes the sequence in which the
> patches will be applied — these are done in
> <emphasis>alphabetical order</emphasis>, thus <literal>aa</literal>
> - first, <literal>ab</literal> second and so on. If you wish,
> - you can use names that indicate the pathnames of the files that
> + first, <literal>ab</literal> second and so on. If you do not need
> + this explicit ordering, you can use names that indicate the
> + pathnames of the files that
> are patched, such as <filename>patch-Imakefile</filename> or
> - <filename>patch-src-config.h</filename>. These files should
> + <filename>patch-src+config.h</filename>. These filenames are
> + preferred when possible. Due to issues with escaping in
> + <command>bash</command> and <command>Perforce</command>, you should
> + avoid using :: or % as separator in the patch filename. The
> + preferred separator is +. The files should
> be stored in <makevar>PATCHDIR</makevar>, from where they will be
> automatically applied. All patches should be relative to
> <makevar>WRKSRC</makevar> (generally the directory your port's
>
> Eivind.
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