Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:04:10 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> To: tadayuki@mediaone.net Cc: Alexander@Leidinger.net, tadayuki.okada@windriver.com, will@csociety.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/gd Makefile pkg-comment Message-ID: <200202010304.g1134DQ26615@aldan.algebra.com> In-Reply-To: <20020131004223.6f48414b.tadayuki@mediaone.net>
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On 31 Jan, Tadayuki OKADA wrote:
>> > And I don't know if he has such intention.
>>
>> Yes, it is pretty easy. The comment can be modified to "Note that lib
>> can be a regular expression".
> Please try it first.
Try what? Modifying the comment? Modifying the code (in bsd.port.mk)?
>> I don't understand the need for the knob nor its specification. What
>> will it look like? A boolean? A list?
> This is the example for ports/graphics/gd.
>
> .if defined(IGNORE_SHLIB_VER)
> LIB_DEPENDS= jpeg:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/jpeg \
> png:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png \
> freetype:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
> .else
> LIB_DEPENDS= jpeg.9:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/jpeg \
> png.5:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/png \
> freetype.8:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
> .endif
This is WAY to inelegant, IMO. It would look better to have a separate
list of libraries, where the major number can (optionally) be ignored:
LIB_DEPENDS= jpeg.10:...
LIB_DEPENDS_ANY_VERSION= png.8
The bsd.port.mk can then, depending on the IGNORE_SHLIB_VER setting,
simply append LIB_DEPENDS_ANY_VERSION to LIB_DEPENDS or strip the
version numbers first.
But my proposal is about more than just version numbers. The name of the
library (as in the ``tcl8[2-9]'' case, for example) can also be treated
as a regexp.
>> Plenty. Almost anything, that depends on jpeg, png, pbm, Tcl --
>> whatever else is in /usr/local/lib...
> But it doesn't mean their maintainers want it.
We did not ask :-) And the length of this discussion prevents reasonable
people from joining now, I'm afraid...
>> > I don't think portmgr will accept such patch without obvious demand.
>> > So I think 'ifdef' is only answer for now.
>>
>> Build it, and they will come.
> If other maintainers want it.
"Features, not policy". I proposed a new feature for the ports
maintainers... Will it be popular? Only time will tell.
-mi
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