Re: PR/47769 CVS commit: pkgsrc/textproc/ispell-ro

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 07:55:02PM +0000, rodent%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR pkg/47769; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: rodent%NetBSD.org@localhost
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: PR/47769 CVS commit: pkgsrc/textproc/ispell-ro
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:51:58 -0400
> 
>  On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 05:30:12PM +0000, Robert Elz wrote:
>  >  
>  >  I don't think that was the right solution - the DIST_SUBDIR was there
>  >  (I believe) because the distfile has no version info in its name.
>  
>  Hmm, no. DIST_SUBDIR was added, because the distfile changed and was not
>  versioned. That is the function of DIST_SUBDIR.

I think you can say it's one of the functions of DIST_SUBDIR, but it
would be a stretch to say it was "the" function.

I don't think that just killing the DIST_SUBDIR definition is the
right thing to do, though :-(

Regards,
Alistair