From 9576eeee7dea6a3c2cd58535b6c4217cbce438d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johann Kois Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:28:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] PR: docs/153196 "pkg_info" uses the content of the "COMMENT" variable in a ports Makefile to display a one-line summary of the port. But it will only display 60 characters (longer COMMENTs are just cut off). Noted by: Jason Helfman (jhelfman ett experts-exchange dott com) --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml index 9a2699296f..6662418b79 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml @@ -3298,9 +3298,9 @@ ALWAYS_KEEP_DISTFILES= yes The COMMENT variable should immediately follow the MAINTAINER variable in the Makefile. - Please try to keep the COMMENT line less than 70 - characters, as it is displayed to users as a one-line - summary of the port. + Please try to keep the COMMENT line less than 60 + characters, as this line will be used by the &man.pkg.info.1; + utility to display a one-line summary of the port.