Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:35:57 +0100 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audio/gogo depends on nasm _0.98_ (!) Message-ID: <19991207223557.A14755@cichlids.cichlids.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912071324130.85143-100000@hub.freebsd.org>; from kris@hub.freebsd.org on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 01:25:28PM -0800 References: <19991207210415.A12877@cichlids.cichlids.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912071324130.85143-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
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Thus spake Kris Kennaway (kris@hub.freebsd.org): > You can patch it by hand if you need to (e.g. just remove the *_DEPENDS > line on nasm so it won't check), but in general we only support older > versions of software if the newer version doesn't work with all of the > ports which depend on it. No. I mean, see: audio/gogo currently just checks, if nasm is installed. Yes, it was installed, but as version 0.97. But audio/gogo needs 0.98 to build, so the build falied. After I installed nasm 0.98 from the ports audio/gogo build fine. I wonder if there is the possibility to extend a port to depend on a specific version, that becomes installed if it's not installed. The ports-system supports installation of dependencies, so why don't let it depend on nasm 0.98 and install that? But I think it's not possible :-( Alex PS: Why I ask this is: It has been no problem for _me_ to find out, why it doesn't compile, but what about other users, that are not so familiar with the stuff. Maybe at least a line "This needs nasm 0.98 to build, please install the latest if you have an older version" or such. -- I doubt, therefore I might be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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