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From: Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] comments on portage.keywords
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:12:15
Message-Id: 4AAFF51B.3090905@ep.mine.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] comments on portage.keywords by "Crístian Viana"
1 Crístian Viana wrote:
2 > www-client/mozilla-firefox # hello world
3
4 For it to be a valid comment, the '#' MUST be the first character on the
5 line. That's always been the convention. A FEW programs will recognise
6 the '#' elsewhere in the line as the start of the comment but you should
7 NEVER EVER rely upon that.
8
9 > I don't think this behavior is consistent, comments shouldn't matter.
10 > is that a desirable feature or a bug?
11
12 It's totally consistent and highly desirable.
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14
15 Be lucky,
16
17 Neil
18 http://www.neiljw.com

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