Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
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--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/quick-porting/chapter.xml
@@ -332,6 +332,12 @@
right shape and the
package is named
appropriately.
+
+
+ Do not blindly follow the output of
+ portlint, it is a static lint tool, and it
+ will get things wrong.
+
@@ -357,22 +363,26 @@
is located, and then type:
shar `find oneko` > oneko.shar
-
-
- To submit oneko.shar, use the If using a ports tree that is a
+ Subversion checkout, it is also
+ possible to submit a &man.diff.1;. Make sure that all the files
+ have been svn add'ed. Then, generate the
+ diff with svn diff from the base of the ports
+ tree, so that it can be applied easily with svn
+ patch. For example, svn diff
+ games/oneko > oneko.diff.
+
+ To submit oneko.shar or
+ oneko.diff, use the bug submit
- form (category Ports Tree).
+ form. Use product Ports & Packages,
+ component Individual Port(s), and follow the
+ guidelines of the box with the green text on the right.
Add a short
description of the program to the Description field of the PR
(perhaps a short version of COMMENT), and
- do not forget to add oneko.shar as an
+ do not forget to add oneko.shar or
+ oneko.diff as an
attachment.
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml
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--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@
Once again, please use &man.diff.1; and not &man.shar.1;
to send updates to existing ports! This helps ports
- committers understand exactly what is being changed.
+ committers understand exactly what is being changed. An update
+ submitted in a &man.shar.1; file will most likely end up being
+ ignored.
Now that all of that is done, read about