Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:43:15 +0100 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dbf2mysql and hardcoded mysql-client version dependency Message-ID: <4CF2BEE3.6080404@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <4CF2B696.3010408@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4CF2A724.9050406@quip.cz> <4CF2B696.3010408@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 28/11/2010 19:01, Miroslav Lachman wrote:
>> Can somebody explain me, why databases/dbf2mysql has hardcoded
>> dependency to mysql323-client?
>>
>> The Makefile contains:
>>
>> LIB_DEPENDS= mysqlclient.10:${PORTSDIR}/databases/mysql323-client
>>
>> But it is unbuildable
>
> The sources to dbf2mysql were last modified around 2000, when mysql-3.2x
> was current. Since then, it seems to have been pretty much abandoned.
>
> A good candidate for deletion from the ports on grounds of obsolescence.
I know the original source is too old, but patch in the PR 64305 has
comment:
"MySQL >3.23.49 and >4.0.2, new option -L enables it"
And as I search the web, other OS distributions have versions with 5.0.x
dependency in repositories.
I will try to fix it by try & error method, as I am not C programmer.
Miroslav Lachman
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