On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 01:08:06PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2024/11/03 11:08, Marc Espie wrote: > > This smaller script tries to match Makefile variables against > > Makefile.template > > and reports violation. > > > > (manpage should be trivial) > > > > (this does not handle include files yet, though I'm not quite sure how > > to proceed about those) > > > > I'm not 100% sure it's something we want, quick poll of landry and aja says > > "no", but I remember in the past some people insisting about respecting > > Makefile.template order. > > I think this might tend to increase whining about things that don't > matter, and one can still write a horrible looking Makefile with things > in the 'right' order ;) > > In particular a rigid order makes things less readable for many multi- > package ports. > > > Surprisingly, stuff like REVISION and EPOCH is not in Makefile.template. > > Probably because they're never necessary in a new port (i.e. where the > template is normally used..) > >
Though not applicable at the moment, I've had some trouble in the past getting the requisite okay for a new port, because a few people really really insisted on Makefile.template order or something similar. I remember preferring to give up rather than argue, so a checker to quickly normalize simple ports would help with the drudge.
