Subject: Re: xmms patch for raw cds
To: grant beattie <grant@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/11/2003 17:54:34
grant beattie wrote:

> When making changes such as this, please remember to consider
> other platforms. For example, if a program tries to DTRT but fails,
> it should be fixed cleanly, rather than brute-forced into the
> NetBSD way.
> 
> If no such checks exist, a clean way to pass the device path would
> be a good approach for pkgsrc portability.

This change is in a (${OPSYS} == NetBSD) block.  I have no idea what
the defaults are for other operating systems, but then I'm not changing
whatever was there for them anyways.

Simon.
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