cvs commit: ports/textproc Makefile ports/textproc/ack Makefile
distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
Alexey Dokuchaev
danfe at FreeBSD.org
Tue Aug 9 16:09:03 UTC 2011
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 04:25:37PM +0200, Tilman Keskin?z wrote:
> On 08/09/2011 03:53 PM, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> >> Added files:
> >> textproc/ack Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist
> >
> > What's the difference from textproc/p5-ack?
>
> This is the second time someone tries to add it (the other one was
> sysutils/ack
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/sysutils/ack/Attic/ ),
>
> Maybe this is a hint that the name p5-ack is not where people expect to
> find it and we should move p5-ack to ack....
+1. p5- prefix is for "batteries" (libraries, modules, etc.), not for
programs expected to be run by regular user. Ditto for Python, Ruby, etc.
Another useful hint: do grep -i foobar CVSROOT-ports/modules before adding
new ports.
./danfe
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