[45792] trunk/dports/net/ASFRecorder/Portfile

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:16, Simon Ruderich wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 04:29:08AM +0100, Rainer Müller wrote:
>
>> Actually the platform statement is not used at all at the moment  
>> and is
>> not checked against the OS platform when installing a port. But it  
>> is a
>> mandatory field for a Portfile and can be used by maintainers to  
>> express
>> on which platforms this was tested or is supposed to work on.
>
> I didn't knew that, I thought if a platform is missing from
> "platforms" then the port can't be installed. Thanks for the
> information.
>
> Then it's of course a good idea to remove it.

It is not used, but I imagine the idea is that it will some day be  
used. Therefore, it is a good idea to make sure the platforms keyword  
is set correctly in your ports.