From: Jose Nazario (josemonkey.org)
Date: Mon Feb 02 2004 - 07:22:54 CST

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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, David Snyder wrote:

> I would like to echo and reinforce Jolan's remarks as regards the
> HOMEPAGE giving you a pointer to somewhere I (and other users) can get a
> 'feel' for a port before installing it. This was the primary reason
> that I wrote the patch to bsd.port.mk and port/Makefile. Too many times
> I've done a 'make search {key,name}=<something>' and the result came up
> with a terse and, frankly, unhelpful INFO message. With the HOMEPAGE
> listed, I can immediately go to the homepage of the port (if there is
> one) to get a better understanding of the port without tearing apart the
> port's Makefile in order to get the same info.

there are times i feel the same way, and this is why i'm inclined to agree
about putting it in there.

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