From 1dd31e0d0b10cad2f5d60c10e273a680780a9129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Arnold Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:06:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove the mention of shar for updates, and put emphasis on sending diffs. Reviewed by: wblock Sponsored by: Absolight Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7006 --- .../books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml index 8dcaa8869f..9b2f965157 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml @@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ - 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. + Please use &man.diff.1; or svn diff to + create updates to existing ports. Other formats include the + whole file and make it impossible to see just what has changed. + When diffs are not included, the entire update might be + ignored. Now that all of that is done, read about