cvs commit: ports/dns/powerdns Makefile

[Ceri Davies]

On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 12:19:02PM +0100, Kirill Ponomarew wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:09:26AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > That's right, since it doesn't have any special characters, but when
> > > it does, then BROKEN needs to be quoted, and IGNORE needs to be not
> > > quoted, because it is already quoted by bsd.port.mk.
> > 
> > Add this to the handbook somewhere - it's totally counter-intuitive, but
> > at least having it documented may just save you having to remind people
> > all the time ;-)
> 
> I would just write that BROKEN strings should be always quoted and
> IGNORE strings should not.  Writing about special characters can
> confuse people, since not everyone knows what they are :)
> 
> Could you add it to porters handbook ?

Can do.

Ceri
-- 
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 187 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-ports/attachments/20050201/5d8acce2/attachment.bin