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authorMark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-07 23:43:55 +0000
committerMark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-07 23:43:55 +0000
commit90e8e254b4b5bf6f33976625cbbaa2ccc12b9ddf (patch)
treea905934edb42cdc0225ac6f0fad1497a96b8b4df
parenta9954e1f555581b23adb15d0c97c6a5452feb37b (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
index 1167280efd..9b5d51ecae 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml
@@ -9907,10 +9907,15 @@ bacula:*:910:</programlisting>
<para><makevar>BROKEN</makevar> is reserved for ports that
currently do not compile, install, or deinstall correctly.
It should be used for ports where the the problem is
- believed to be temporary.
- The build cluster will still attempt to try to build
+ believed to be temporary.</para>
+
+ <para>If instructed, the build cluster will still attempt to
+ try to build
them to see if the underlying problem has been
- resolved. For instance, use
+ resolved. (However, in general, the cluster is run without
+ this.)</para>
+
+ <para>For instance, use
<makevar>BROKEN</makevar> when a port:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -10121,7 +10126,7 @@ IGNORE=POINTYHAT is not supported
<title>Usage of <filename>sysctl</filename></title>
<para>The usage of <filename>sysctl</filename> is discouraged
- except in targets. This is because the evaulation of any
+ except in targets. This is because the evaluation of any
<literal>makevar</literal>s, such as used during
<command>make index</command>, then has to run the command,
further slowing down that process.</para>