docs/152177: [patch] remove section 12.19 from porters handbook

[Eitan Adler]

>Number:         152177
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] remove section 12.19 from porters handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 12 20:40:08 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Eitan Adler
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
4.8 and 5.0 are now EOL and not really supported by ports so the workarounds are not "Necessary"
>How-To-Repeat:
1. plug in computer
2. sit in comfortable chair
3. turn on computer (can be reversed with #2)
4. Read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/dads-workarounds.html
>Fix:
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.1078
diff -u -u -r1.1078 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	3 Nov 2010 21:54:27 -0000	1.1078
+++ book.sgml	12 Nov 2010 20:20:01 -0000
@@ -14281,30 +14281,6 @@
 	  and confirm the changes with them.</para>
       </sect1>
 
-      <sect1 id="dads-workarounds">
-	<title>Necessary workarounds</title>
-
-	<para>Sometimes it is necessary to work around bugs in
-	  software included with older versions of &os;.</para>
-
-	<itemizedlist>
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>Some versions of &man.make.1; were broken
-	      on at least 4.8 and 5.0 with respect to handling
-	      comparisons based on <makevar>OSVERSION</makevar>.
-	      This would often lead to failures during
-	      <command>make describe</command> (and thus, the overall
-	      ports <command>make index</command>).  The workaround is
-	      to enclose the conditional comparison in spaces, e.g.:
-	      <programlisting>if ( ${OSVERSION} > 500023 )</programlisting>
-	      Be aware that test-installing a port on 4.9 or 5.2
-	      will <emphasis>not</emphasis> detect this problem.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-
-	</itemizedlist>
-
-      </sect1>
-
       <sect1 id="dads-misc">
 	<title>Miscellanea</title>
 


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