For a number of ports in archives category, trim the header and drop leading

indefinite article from COMMENT line; also fix few noticed styles bugs while
I am here.

32 files changed, 81 insertions, 198 deletions

diff --git a/archivers/bzip/Makefile b/archivers/bzip/Makefile
index c0a7b525dffe..5f28522cfe0b 100644
--- a/archivers/bzip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/bzip/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:    bzip
-# Date created:         Fr  27 Sep 1996 11:47:35 MET DST
-# Whom:                 Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
-#
+# Created by: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	bzip
 PORTVERSION=	0.21
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.42.org/pub/OLD/b/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A block-sorting file compressor
+COMMENT=	Block-sorting file compressor
 
 RESTRICTED=	may be covered by patents
 MAN1=		bzip.1 bunzip.1
@@ -24,8 +20,8 @@ pre-install:
 
 do-install:
 	${RM} -f ${PREFIX}/bin/bzip ${PREFIX}/bin/bunzip
-	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bzip ${PREFIX}/bin/bzip
-	${LN} -fs ${PREFIX}/bin/bzip ${PREFIX}/bin/bunzip
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/bzip ${PREFIX}/bin
+	${LN} -fs bzip ${PREFIX}/bin/bunzip
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/bzip.1 ${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1/bzip.1
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/bzip.1 ${MAN1PREFIX}/man/man1/bunzip.1
 
diff --git a/archivers/bzip2/Makefile b/archivers/bzip2/Makefile
index 924d947de55f..61bbf5f6af84 100644
--- a/archivers/bzip2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/bzip2/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-# ex:ts=8
-# Ports collection makefile for:  bzip2
-# Date created:			  19 Nov 1997
-# Whom:				  Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	bzip2
 PORTVERSION=	1.0.6
@@ -12,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.bzip.org/${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	jharris@widomaker.com
-COMMENT=	A block-sorting file compressor
+COMMENT=	Block-sorting file compressor
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 PATCH_STRIP=	-p3
diff --git a/archivers/deb2targz/Makefile b/archivers/deb2targz/Makefile
index eef88c7ae392..da01e163e5d0 100644
--- a/archivers/deb2targz/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/deb2targz/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	deb2targz
-# Date created:				27 Sep 2005
-# Whom:					Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
-#
+# Created by: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	deb2targz
 PORTVERSION=	20100710
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	# none
 DISTFILES=	# none
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A command-line utility for converting a Debian .deb file to a .tar.gz
+COMMENT=	Command-line utility for converting a Debian .deb file to a .tar.gz
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
diff --git a/archivers/deco/Makefile b/archivers/deco/Makefile
index 7c78038fbc3b..23c83f63463a 100644
--- a/archivers/deco/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/deco/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	deco
-# Date created:		06 May 2008
-# Whom:			Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Kevin Lo <kevlo@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	deco
 PORTVERSION=	1.6.2
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.tar.gz:site1 \
 		${PORTNAME}-archive-1.5.1.tar.gz:site2
 
 MAINTAINER=	kevlo@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A program to extract various archive file formats
+COMMENT=	Program to extract various archive file formats
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	arc:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/arc \
 		arj:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/arj \
diff --git a/archivers/gzip/Makefile b/archivers/gzip/Makefile
index 0cdeac4b1feb..db7f3ece1375 100644
--- a/archivers/gzip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/gzip/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	gzip
-# Date created:				27 July 2002
-# Whom:					cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net
-#
+# Created by: Cyrille Lefevre <cyrille.lefevre@laposte.net>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	gzip
 PORTVERSION=	1.4
@@ -13,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	gabor@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress
+COMMENT=	Compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
diff --git a/archivers/javatar/Makefile b/archivers/javatar/Makefile
index 3e50ae7e0c94..8aa5f8ff070b 100644
--- a/archivers/javatar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/javatar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.gjt.org/download/time/java/tar/ \
 		ftp://ftp.gjt.org/pub/time/java/tar/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ale@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Java tar archive io package
+COMMENT=	Java tar archive I/O package
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${JAVALIBDIR}/activation.jar:${PORTSDIR}/java/jaf
 
diff --git a/archivers/jzlib/Makefile b/archivers/jzlib/Makefile
index 3d8fd519293b..366291dd3400 100644
--- a/archivers/jzlib/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/jzlib/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers java
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.jcraft.com/jzlib/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A re-implementation of zlib in pure Java
+COMMENT=	Reimplementation of zlib in pure Java
 
 USE_JAVA=	yes
 JAVA_VERSION=	1.6+
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ do-install:
 .endif
 # examples
 	@${MKDIR} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/example/* ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/example/* ${EXAMPLESDIR}
 # jar
-	@${INSTALL_DATA} ${JAR_FILE} ${JAVAJARDIR}/${PORTNAME}.jar
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${JAR_FILE} ${JAVAJARDIR}/${PORTNAME}.jar
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/kbackup/Makefile b/archivers/kbackup/Makefile
index 1b6e09d4e8f1..10952b92b12f 100644
--- a/archivers/kbackup/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/kbackup/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	kbackup
-# Date created:		2006-09-29
-# Whom:			Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez <acm@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Jose Alonso Cardenas Marquez <acm@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	kbackup
 PORTVERSION=	0.5.4
@@ -13,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.kde-apps.org/CONTENT/content-files/
 DISTNAME=	44998-${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	acm@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A program for back up of directories or files
+COMMENT=	Program for backing up files and directories
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/laszip/Makefile b/archivers/laszip/Makefile
index 766e80f60b7b..a79d37acda70 100644
--- a/archivers/laszip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/laszip/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	laszip
-# Date created:				09 January 2012
-# Whom:					Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de>
+# Created by: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	laszip
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.osgeo.org/laszip/
 
 MAINTAINER=	rhurlin@gwdg.de
-COMMENT=	A library for lossless LAS compression
+COMMENT=	Library for lossless LAS compression
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3
 
@@ -20,6 +18,6 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_DEFS+=	-DCMAKE_USE_PTHREADS:BOOL=ON
 
 post-install:
-	@${LN} -s ${PREFIX}/lib/liblaszip.so.5.0.0 ${PREFIX}/lib/liblaszip.so.5
+	@${LN} -s liblaszip.so.5.0.0 ${PREFIX}/lib/liblaszip.so.5
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/lbzip2/Makefile b/archivers/lbzip2/Makefile
index 93a006429963..f326062f22a4 100644
--- a/archivers/lbzip2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/lbzip2/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# New ports collection Makefile for:	archivers/lbzip2
-# Date created:				7 Feb 2009
-# Whom:					Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>
+# Created by: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	lbzip2
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://lacos.web.elte.hu/pub/lbzip2/
 
 MAINTAINER=	gabor@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A multi-threaded bzip2/bunzip2 filter
+COMMENT=	Multi-threaded bzip2/bunzip2 filter
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/lbzip2
diff --git a/archivers/libcabinet/Makefile b/archivers/libcabinet/Makefile
index 22981c5f6a46..f2b30eec0a76 100644
--- a/archivers/libcabinet/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libcabinet/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	libcabinet
-# Date Created:				30 November 2000
-# Whom:					Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	libcabinet
 PORTVERSION=	0.30
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.bsd-geek.de/FreeBSD/distfiles/
 
 MAINTAINER=	tj@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A portable library and utility to use Microsoft cabinet files (.cab)
+COMMENT=	Portable library and utility to use Microsoft cabinet files (.cab)
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
diff --git a/archivers/libmspack/Makefile b/archivers/libmspack/Makefile
index 55402286776c..9ee80e2db1a3 100644
--- a/archivers/libmspack/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libmspack/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	libmspack
-# Date created:				25 Nov 2004
-# Whom:					Max Khon <fjoe@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Max Khon <fjoe@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	libmspack
 PORTVERSION=	0.3
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}alpha
 
 MAINTAINER=	fjoe@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A library for Microsoft compression formats
+COMMENT=	Library for Microsoft compression formats
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
diff --git a/archivers/libpar2/Makefile b/archivers/libpar2/Makefile
index 497d6347796c..ac8014f10216 100644
--- a/archivers/libpar2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libpar2/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/parchive/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	toxic@doobie.com
-COMMENT=	A library for manipulating par2 files, extracted from par2cmdline
+COMMENT=	Library for manipulating PAR2 files, extracted from par2cmdline
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	sigc-2.0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libsigc++20
 
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ ENABLECANCEL_DESC=	Enable graceful cancellation of repairs
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MENABLECANCEL}
-EXTRA_PATCHES+=	${FILESDIR}/xpatch-addcancel-par2repairer.cpp
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${FILESDIR}/xpatch-addcancel-par2repairer.cpp
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
 	@${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
-	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/README ${DOCSDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${DOCSDIR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/libzip/Makefile b/archivers/libzip/Makefile
index 2ec37d28251c..596e18a3dea3 100644
--- a/archivers/libzip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libzip/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	libzip
-# Date created:		2006-03-20
-# Whom:			Alexander Zhuravlev <zaa@zaa.pp.ru>
-#
+# Created by: Alexander Zhuravlev <zaa@zaa.pp.ru>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	libzip
 PORTVERSION=	0.10.1
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.nih.at/libzip/
 
 MAINTAINER=	makc@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives
+COMMENT=	C library for reading, creating, and modifying ZIP archives
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/makeself/Makefile b/archivers/makeself/Makefile
index 5dad45b3fbe0..c81cff7a7aa2 100644
--- a/archivers/makeself/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/makeself/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	makeself
-# Date created:		22 Oct 1999
-# Whom:			Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
-#
+# Created by: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	makeself
 PORTVERSION=	2.1.5
@@ -13,7 +9,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.megastep.org/makeself/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.run
 
 MAINTAINER=	jadawin@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A neat script to make self-extracting archives
+COMMENT=	Neat script to make self-extracting archives
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash
 
@@ -26,9 +22,7 @@ NO_BUILD=	yes
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/makeself bin/makeself-header \
 		bin/makeself-header.sh bin/makeself.sh
 
-.if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
 PORTDOCS=	README
-.endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
diff --git a/archivers/mar/Makefile b/archivers/mar/Makefile
index 7180bb89038c..0573e20864cc 100644
--- a/archivers/mar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/mar/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	mar
-# Date created:				20 Jun 2005
-# Whom:					Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
-#
+# Created by: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	mar
 DISTVERSION=	0.5
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CRITICAL
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A simple binary file format for storing arbitrary meta and user data
+COMMENT=	Simple binary file format for storing arbitrary meta and user data
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
diff --git a/archivers/mtf/Makefile b/archivers/mtf/Makefile
index 75dc8f8eae73..7ad1bf09e5f3 100644
--- a/archivers/mtf/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/mtf/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:   mtf
-# Date created:        29 January 2002
-# Whom:                Philippe Casidy <pcasidy@casidy.com>
-#
+# Created by: Philippe Casidy <pcasidy@casidy.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	mtf
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.1
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	system/backup
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 
 MAINTAINER=	sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Unix reader for the Microsoft Tape Format used by NT Backup
+COMMENT=	Unix reader for the Microsoft Tape Format used by NT Backup
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
@@ -23,9 +19,8 @@ PLIST_FILES=	bin/mtf
 PORTDOCS=	README
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|CC=|CC?=|" \
-			-e "s|CFLAGS=|CFLAGS?=|" \
-			${WRKSRC}/Makefile
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|CC=|CC?=|" -e "s|CFLAGS=|CFLAGS?=|" \
+		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/mtf ${PREFIX}/bin
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract-Libarchive/Makefile b/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract-Libarchive/Makefile
index 3634043c4e9d..fcbf12e63a58 100644
--- a/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract-Libarchive/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract-Libarchive/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	p5-Archive-Extract-Libarchive
-# Date created:		2011-10-23
-# Whom:			Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	Archive-Extract-Libarchive
 PORTVERSION=	0.38
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A generic archive extracting mechanism (using libarchive)
+COMMENT=	Generic archive extracting mechanism (using libarchive)
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-Object-Tiny>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Object-Tiny
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-Object-Tiny>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Object-Tiny
diff --git a/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract/Makefile b/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract/Makefile
index ab95dd95b512..e9a782780e43 100644
--- a/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/p5-Archive-Extract/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	p5-Archive-Extract
-# Date created:				28 May 2006
-# Whom:					Aaron Dalton <aaron@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Aaron Dalton <aaron@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	Archive-Extract
 PORTVERSION=	0.60
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	CPAN
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A generic archive extracting mechanism
+COMMENT=	Generic archive extracting mechanism
 
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	yes
 PERL_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/paq/Makefile b/archivers/paq/Makefile
index 1d1b09623354..0f0e0d38f48d 100644
--- a/archivers/paq/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/paq/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:   paq
-# Date created:                5 April 2007
-# Whom:                        bf <bf2006a@yahoo.com>
-#
+# Created by: bf <bf2006a@yahoo.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	paq
 PORTVERSION=	20121105
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTFILES:M*.zip}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bf@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A family of archivers with extremely high compression ratios
+COMMENT=	Family of archivers with extremely high compression ratios
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3 MIT
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
diff --git a/archivers/pecl-rar/Makefile b/archivers/pecl-rar/Makefile
index b145959df90e..ec362029c0f6 100644
--- a/archivers/pecl-rar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/pecl-rar/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	pecl-rar
-# Date created:			2006/09/07
-# Whom:				chinsan <chinsan.tw@gmail.com>
-#
+# Created by: Chin-San Huang <chinsan.tw@gmail.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	rar
 PORTVERSION=	3.0.0
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	PECL
 
 MAINTAINER=	miwi@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A PECL extension to create and read rar files
+COMMENT=	PECL extension to create and read RAR files
 
 LICENSE=	PHP301
 
diff --git a/archivers/ppmd/Makefile b/archivers/ppmd/Makefile
index 3d0b8b3992dc..d3f7cee386ef 100644
--- a/archivers/ppmd/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ppmd/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	ppmd
-# Date created:				11 Aug 2005
-# Whom:					Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
-#
+# Created by: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@critical.ch>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	ppmd
 PORTVERSION=	20050811
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	CRITICAL
 
 MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast archiver with a good compression ratio
+COMMENT=	Fast archiver with good compression ratio
 
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	yes
 
diff --git a/archivers/ruby-bz2/Makefile b/archivers/ruby-bz2/Makefile
index 2820bfd5457c..96bc23fa066e 100644
--- a/archivers/ruby-bz2/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ruby-bz2/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	Ruby-BZ2
-# Date created:		16 November 2002
-# Whom:			Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
-#
+# Created by: Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	bz2
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.2
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${RUBY_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby extension to use libbz2
+COMMENT=	Ruby extension to use libbz2
 
 USE_RUBY=	yes
 USE_RUBY_EXTCONF=	yes
@@ -24,7 +20,7 @@ INSTALL_TARGET=	site-install
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${RUBY_VER} == 1.9
-BROKEN=	does not build with ruby 1.9
+BROKEN=		does not build with ruby ${RUBY_VER}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/ruby-lha/Makefile b/archivers/ruby-lha/Makefile
index fde041bd9dba..3e7004972280 100644
--- a/archivers/ruby-lha/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ruby-lha/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	ruby-lha
-# Date created:		09 January 2006
-# Whom:			stas
-#
+# Created by: Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	lha
 PORTVERSION=	0.8.1
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ DISTNAME=	lhalib-${PORTVERSION}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby extension to unpack lha-compressed files
+COMMENT=	Ruby extension to unpack LHA-compressed files
 
 USE_ZIP=	yes
 USE_RUBY=	yes
@@ -29,8 +25,8 @@ RUBY_SHEBANG_FILES=	${EXAMPLES}
 
 post-install:
 .if !defined(NOPORTDOCS)
-	${MKDIR} ${RUBY_MODEXAMPLESDIR}/
-	@${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${EXAMPLES:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${RUBY_MODEXAMPLESDIR}/
+	@${MKDIR} ${RUBY_MODEXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${EXAMPLES:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${RUBY_MODEXAMPLESDIR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/ruby-zip/Makefile b/archivers/ruby-zip/Makefile
index cd3ebe9887a6..9dac7f2a976f 100644
--- a/archivers/ruby-zip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ruby-zip/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	rubyzip
-# Date created:		26 January 2002
-# Whom:			Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
-#
+# Created by: Akinori MUSHA aka knu <knu@idaemons.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	zip
 PORTVERSION=	0.9.4
@@ -15,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tgz
 DIST_SUBDIR=	ruby
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A Ruby module for reading and writing zip files
+COMMENT=	Ruby module for reading and writing ZIP files
 
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	yes
 
diff --git a/archivers/rvm/Makefile b/archivers/rvm/Makefile
index fa395b523b66..298fa8c2209a 100644
--- a/archivers/rvm/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/rvm/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
-# ex:ts=8
-# New ports collection makefile for:	rvm
-# Date created:				Mar 15, 2004
-# Whom:					Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Ying-Chieh Liao <ijliao@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	rvm
 PORTVERSION=	1.07
@@ -13,7 +8,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	davide.italiano@gmail.com
-COMMENT=	An archive manager that uses rsync to manage backups
+COMMENT=	Archive manager that uses rsync to manage backups
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	rsync:${PORTSDIR}/net/rsync
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
diff --git a/archivers/sectar/Makefile b/archivers/sectar/Makefile
index f9def78315ce..c141ede9841a 100644
--- a/archivers/sectar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/sectar/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:   sectar
-# Date created:        22 January 2001
-# Whom:                George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
-#
+# Created by: George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
-PORTNAME=		sectar
-PORTVERSION=		1.02
-CATEGORIES=		archivers
-MASTER_SITES=		SF/star/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
+PORTNAME=	sectar
+PORTVERSION=	1.02
+CATEGORIES=	archivers
+MASTER_SITES=	SF/star/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}
 
-MAINTAINER=		ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=		A program to create encrypted tar archives
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+COMMENT=	Program to create encrypted tar archives
+
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sectar
-GNU_CONFIGURE=		yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/snappy/Makefile b/archivers/snappy/Makefile
index a3fbc592fe9f..44598724c10e 100644
--- a/archivers/snappy/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/snappy/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
-# ex:ts=8
-# Ports collection makefile for:	snappy
-# Date created:				Apr 3 2011
-# Whom:					vanilla@
-#
+# Created by: Vanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	snappy
 PORTVERSION=	1.0.5
 PORTREVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
-MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GOOGLE_CODE}
+MASTER_SITES=	GOOGLE_CODE
 
 MAINTAINER=	vanilla@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast compressor/decompressor library
+COMMENT=	Fast compressor/decompressor library
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/squsq/Makefile b/archivers/squsq/Makefile
index 1c2eae995411..20bb9d5ecdcd 100644
--- a/archivers/squsq/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/squsq/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	squsq
-# Date created:				09 May 2003
-# Whom:					Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>
-#
+# Created by: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@regency.nsu.ru>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	squsq
 PORTVERSION=	3.3
@@ -21,6 +17,6 @@ MAKEFILE=	${FILESDIR}/Makefile
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sq bin/usq
 
 do-install:
-	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/sq ${WRKSRC}/usq ${PREFIX}/bin/
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/sq ${WRKSRC}/usq ${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/szip/Makefile b/archivers/szip/Makefile
index e1bfeeee409f..4069b784e6bc 100644
--- a/archivers/szip/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/szip/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	szip
-# Date created:		15 January 2002
-# Whom:			Igor Pokrovsky <tiamat@telegraph.spb.ru>
-#
+# Created by: Igor Pokrovsky <tiamat@telegraph.spb.ru>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	szip
 PORTVERSION=	1.12b
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.compressconsult.com/szip/ \
 DISTNAME=	sz${PORTVERSION:S/.//}_src
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A fast compression utility
+COMMENT=	Fast compression utility
 
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	yes
diff --git a/archivers/ucl/Makefile b/archivers/ucl/Makefile
index 8cf44ee54d3c..a04a2c2a4cae 100644
--- a/archivers/ucl/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/ucl/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	ucl
-# Date created:				29 January 2001
-# Whom:					Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	ucl
 PORTVERSION=	1.03
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	A data compression library with low memory usage
+COMMENT=	Data compression library with low memory usage
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
diff --git a/archivers/xdms/Makefile b/archivers/xdms/Makefile
index 9ace7cc274fb..214813ed946e 100644
--- a/archivers/xdms/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/xdms/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	xdms
-# Date created:			Apr 13, 2001
-# Whom:				Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au>
-#
+# Created by: Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	xdms
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.2
@@ -11,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES=	archivers
 MASTER_SITES=	http://zakalwe.fi/~shd/foss/xdms/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sylvio@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	An Amiga DMS archiver unpacker
+COMMENT=	Tool for decompressing Amiga DMS files
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes