docs/66775: Clarification that port names should not contain version numbers

Aasmund Eikli inter at o12a.com
Sat Jul 31 21:00:46 UTC 2004


The following reply was made to PR docs/66775; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Aasmund Eikli <inter at o12a.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/66775: Clarification that port names should not contain
 version numbers
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:52:16 +0200

 Doc diffs to reflect suggestions:
 
 --- article.sgml        Tue Jul 27 16:34:49 2004
 +++ article.sgml        Sat Jul 31 15:35:56 2004
 @@ -2418,7 +2418,9 @@
                    <step>
                      <para>Upgrade the copied port to the new version 
 (remember
                        to change the <makevar>PORTNAME</makevar> so there
 -                     are not duplicate ports with the same name).</para>
 +                     are not duplicate ports with the same name).
 +                     Alternatively, change <makevar>LATEST_LINK</makevar>
 +                     depending on the purpose.</para>
                    </step>
 
                    <step>
 
 and
 
 --- book.sgml   Sat Jul 31 15:40:21 2004
 +++ book.sgml   Sat Jul 31 15:52:11 2004
 @@ -1064,7 +1064,10 @@
              <literal>Data::Dumper</literal> module becomes
              <literal>p5-Data-Dumper</literal>.  If the software in question
              has numbers, hyphens, or underscores in its name, you may 
 include
 -           them as well (like <literal>kinput2</literal>).</para>
 +           them as well (like <literal>kinput2</literal>).
 +           Make sure that the <makevar>PORTNAME</makevar> variable and the
 +           <makevar>PORTVERSION</makevar> variable contains the name 
 and the
 +           version number of the port respectively. You should not mix 
 the two.</para>
          </listitem>
 
          <listitem>



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