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Date:      Thu, 1 Apr 1999 04:19:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi - the Wraith - Asami)
To:        fullermd@futuresouth.com
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, jhay@mikom.csir.co.za, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var/db/pkg/.mkversion
Message-ID:  <199904011219.EAA53032@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990401052839.D11572@futuresouth.com> (fullermd@futuresouth.com)
References:  <7364.922949549@zippy.cdrom.com> <199904011036.CAA52719@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <19990401052839.D11572@futuresouth.com>

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 * From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>

 * [ Yes, I'm sticking my nose in where it probably doesn't belong and
 * should get chopped off for it.  It's a hobby ;]

Don't worry, I enjoy chopping off noses. :)

 * On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 02:36:14AM -0800, a little birdie told me
 * that Satoshi - the Wraith - Asami remarked

What birdie?

 * This would require a little more work on the 'back' side, but what would
 * be so hard about just checking $Id$ strings around the .mk files?  If
 * not for the revision, at least for the date.

Which .mk files?

Note that it's not bsd.port.mk's version we need -- we already have
that.  We need something on the system to compare against.

 * Well, certainly, it's not always feasible, but I never understood this
 * one in particular.  It always seemed like a PERFECT candidate for an
 * OSVERSION (or whatever) bump; certainly the 3.1+ only, since pre-3.1
 * didn't have the -A (3.1 didn't either, but that would cut out all the
 * complaints from pre-3.1'ers).

That only works if the user recompiled the kernel, since that's where
we're getting it from.  (Or we can get it from <sys/param.h> but
bsd.port.mk is not a compiler.)

-W


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