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Date:      Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:05:01 -0700
From:      Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org>
To:        Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com>
Cc:        Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, "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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> On 27 Feb, 2017, at 10:00, Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> =
wrote:
>=20
>> 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 =
releases
>>=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 FreeBSD
>>>>> releases. In the Porter's Handbook I found this paragraph, but it =
seems regarding
>>>>> only ported app's source  code:
>>>>> =
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-versions.htm=
l
>>>>=20
>>>> Sorry, just found by myself. I included these lines before the =
do-install section:
>>>>=20
>>>> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
>>>> .if ${OSVERSION} < 1000100
>>>> IGNORE=3D         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  in your Makefile to be sure you =
get=20
>> what you want.
>=20
> Actually, it seems that Matthew and Adam are right, but I'm not able =
to understand if
> it's a warn or a block action:
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=3Drevision&revision=3D431746

It's a block, but it's overridable.

# Adam


--=20
Adam Weinberger
adamw@adamw.org
https://www.adamw.org






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