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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2017 17:00:39 +0000
From:      Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com>
To:        Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD releases
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> From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:43 PM
> To: Adam Weinberger
> Cc: Andrew Hotlab; freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD rele=
ases
>=20
>>>> Since these scripts are designed to run on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer, I'd=
 like to
>>>> know if there is a way to prevent the port from installing on older Fr=
eeBSD
>>>> releases. In the Porter's Handbook I found this paragraph, but it seem=
s regarding
>>>> only ported app's source=A0 code:
>>>>  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-version=
s.html
>>>
>>> Sorry, just found by myself. I included these lines before the do-insta=
ll section:
>>>
>>> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
>>> .if ${OSVERSION} < 1000100
>>> IGNORE=3D=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 runs only on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer
>>> .endif
>>=20
>> It's really not needed at all. Nothing below 10.3 is supported, and the =
ports system will
>> complain already. Please don't include that block in your port.
>>=20
>> # Adam
>>=20
>>=20
> Thats not true. I have port version just for 9.x and even today I still=20
> see the source file the port fetches still being downloaded.
>=20
> It has
> IGNORE_FreeBSD_10=3D and IGNORE_FreeBSD_11=3D in it's Makefile.
> Best you have IGNORE_FreeBSD_9=3D=A0 in your Makefile to be sure you get=
=20
> what you want.

Actually, it seems that Matthew and Adam are right, but I'm not able to und=
erstand if
it's a warn or a block action:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=3Drevision&revision=3D431746



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