From owner-cvs-all Wed Jan 23 6: 9: 3 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mout1.freenet.de (mout1.freenet.de [194.97.50.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2965137B41B; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 06:08:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from [194.97.50.136] (helo=mx3.freenet.de) by mout1.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #3) id 16TO4y-0008IE-00; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:08:44 +0100 Received: from ae375.pppool.de ([213.6.227.117] helo=Magelan.Leidinger.net) by mx3.freenet.de with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #3) id 16TO4u-0002BK-00; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:08:44 +0100 Received: from Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0NChca03239; Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:43:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from netchild@Leidinger.net) Message-Id: <200201231243.g0NChca03239@Magelan.Leidinger.net> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:43:36 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Leidinger Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/gd Makefile pkg-comment To: tadayuki.okada@windriver.com Cc: tadayuki@mediaone.net, mi@aldan.algebra.com, will@csociety.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3C4D7682.9C9D7A5C@windriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22 Jan, Tadayuki OKADA wrote: >> > I meant: >> > If port A depends on port B's library. >> > port B updated. Assume it breaks binary compatibility. >> > port A build will not be broken, so forget PORTREVISION bump. >> > People update port B, but not port A. so port A will stop working. >> >> The already installed port A will also stop to work if the Makefile for >> port A specifies the needed version in LIB_DEPENDS. That's what Mikhail >> tried to say. > I meant installed port. With his method, people can't tell if installed > port A should be updated or not. Personally I don't see a great difference between 'less /usr/ports/.../portA/Makefile' and 'ldd /path/to/binary/of/portA'. Mikhail's proposal doesn't change the _run_ time behavior compared to the actual approach. His proposal changes the _build_ time behavior. Bye, Alexander. -- If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message