Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:16:56 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "Eric P. Scott" <eps+pbug0611@ana.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: The truth about net-im/ymessenger Message-ID: <20061123191656.GB81608@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200611231748.kANHmcYO015317@anna.ana.com> References: <200611231748.kANHmcYO015317@anna.ana.com>
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 09:48:38AM -0800, Eric P. Scott wrote:
> >This is not enough; since it is a 4.x binary it is linked against 4.x
> >versions of those libraries, and if you try and run the binary on a
> >modern version of FreeBSD then it will fail, since those libraries are
> >incompatible with their 4.x analogues.
>=20
> I just want to make it clear we're talking about two different
> binaries:
Yep, and everything I said also applies to the 5.x binary when running
on 6.x and above. It may even apply to running it on later 5.x
releases (e.g. >=3D 5.3), if it's a binary built against an older
version.
> Would it be possible (hypothetically) to do something like this
> in the Makefile?
>=20
> DISTNAME=3D # set below
>=20
> .if ${OSVERSION} < 500000
> DISTNAME=3D fbsd4.${PORTNAME}
> .if ${OSVERSION} < 490102
> IGNORE=3D requires libmap functionality
> .endif
> .else
> DISTNAME=3D fbsd5.${PORTNAME}
> .if ${OSVERSION} >=3D 600000
> LIB_DEPENDS+=3D c.5:${PORTSDIR}/misc/compat5x
> .endif
> .endif
>=20
> Is FreeBSD 5.5 / 5-STABLE considered "beyond hope" at this point?
It's also a "legacy" branch although termination of support is not
scheduled yet. FreeBSD 6.x is the active branch that is receiving
most user attention and developer support, so a port that does not
work on 6.x is doomed to irrelevance by the tide of history :-)
If someone confirms that the 5.x binary still does actually work on
5.x, then a variation of your above could be added. The variation
needed would be to keep it BROKEN on 6.0 and above, where neither
version of the binary works.
Kris
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