On 21/07/2010 23:05, Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:21:11PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>>> And is this ok to have two ports with the same name.
>>
>> No, it's bad and should be avoided. I'm pretty sure some
>> portupgrade tool will break.
>
> No, they actually handle it ok. It _is_ confusing to the users, however
> (and, if you go through a raw list of package binaries, You Just Have To
> Know which one's which.)
Doesn't this cause problems for the CVS MODULES stuff? I thought that
was one of the biggest reasons for why port names should be unique.
Cheers,
Matthew
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