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From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Request for feedback:  REQUIRES_OS_VERSION feature.
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 12:25:01 +0930 (CST)
Cc: asami@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <16316.833412688@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at May 29, 96 04:31:28 pm
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Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying:
> 
> If this variable is set in a Makefile, the output of `uname -r' will
> be compared against it and, if no match occurs, refuse to build
> the port.  For example, the top port could have:
> 
> REQUIRES_OS_VERSION=    2.2
> 
> For all variants and 2.1 users could make from the -current tree with
> impugnity, any ports like top simply getting skipped.

Hmm.  Impugnity is an interesting concept 8)

Anyway, this leaves people following -stable out in the cold.  The 2.1R
version of 'top' (for example), doesn't work with -stable, and you've just
death-warranted the -current version.

(The basic idea you've proposed is good though)

> 					Jordan

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