From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 15:03:42 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43303106564A; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3DA88FC1B; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so9301141iad.13 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:03:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bqusuH2F/HUZm60hdP0iOvocfJKilIOeOG0n3q5JHQc=; b=Qp9EEMQCHJgDwtgzvjsFT9LG36x1rjFOI6UGT1YoNWZfPDZWwxAKn5Ok+UH3BJ42wa LZuC0gVgXLi7vokor5Qo4k3ze7Gg0RGI7zOooebpbNnawwvD/MmRXELnc/Eg7QiQsVqd u3+qq6IB62q98645FkOVJqOv6T2tXTfZpkvQg= Received: by 10.231.65.73 with SMTP id h9mr10847440ibi.21.1317135821093; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:03:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.35.194 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:03:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110927091830.GA35900@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20110926230335.041fd9aa@lab.lovett.com> <86mxdqfq69.fsf@gmail.com> <4E818941.7060006@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20110927091830.GA35900@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:03:11 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: T8LrEJa0eaoYi6mrqLhj1j77OGA Message-ID: To: "O. Hartmann" , h h , ade@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ports/ and 10.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:03:42 -0000 On 27 September 2011 10:18, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:28:49AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: >> On 09/27/11 08:35, h h wrote: >> >Kevin Oberman =A0writes: >> > >> >>On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Ade Lovett =A0wrote: >> >> >> >>>With the advent of the conversion of HEAD to 10.0-CURRENT and, as to = be >> >>>expected, ports/ is going to be essentially unusable for a while. >> >>> >> >>>The issue stems from configure scripts (to choose something completel= y >> >>>at random) assuming that FreeBSD would never jump to a double-digit >> >>>major version number, and as such, various regexps for "freebsd1*" (i= e: >> >>>FreeBSD 1.1.x) are now matching "freebsd10". >> >[...] >> >> >> >>aDe, >> >> >> >>Could an entry to this effect be added to UPDATING (with a matching >> >>entry when ports/ is "unbroken"). >> > >> >Also mention a workaround, e.g. >> > >> > =A0 $ export UNAME_r=3D'9.9-BLAH' >> >> >> Now I understand why some OS vendors have choosen the latin 10 'X' for >> their tenth version of their operating system ... > > At least there will be a long rest after > the move to 10 is complete.. until FreeBSD 100. > I'm afraid not; freebsd2*) We'll be just as screwed at 20. Hopefully we can fix that at the same time. Chris