Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:56:33 +0100 From: Tijl Coosemans <tijl@freebsd.org> To: Alex Dupre <ale@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Notes on upgrades after libpcre update Message-ID: <50C9A651.30703@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <50C8485A.9080005@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAN6yY1u_9srcrtj4zENdN=TEr2gEkVBQOgvOUQN2btMSCHHv1g@mail.gmail.com> <50C8485A.9080005@FreeBSD.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig27B0C65BC3567F39763954D9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12-12-2012 10:03, Alex Dupre wrote: > Kevin Oberman ha scritto: >> As many of you noticed, the update of devel/pcre bumped hte version of= >> libpcre.so which is a dependency of LOTS of things. >=20 > This was a very poor choice, we shouldn't have bumped the version. When= > there is a bump between two minor releases (8.31 -> 8.32) a red led > should blink in port maintainer. The port should have defined: >=20 > USE_AUTOTOOLS=3D libtool > USE_GNOME=3D ltverhack >=20 > to avoid bumbing the version. In fact this is the diff in configure.ac:= >=20 > -m4_define(libpcre_version, [1:1:0]) > -m4_define(libpcre16_version, [0:1:0]) > +m4_define(libpcre_version, [3:0:2]) > +m4_define(libpcre16_version, [2:0:2]) >=20 > It says that the new shared lib is compatible with the old lib (only ne= w > interfaces were added), since: >=20 > 1 - 0 =3D 3 - 2 =3D 1 > 1 - 0 =3D 2 - 2 =3D 0 >=20 > (from the [current:revision:age] version =3D current - age rule) This should be mandatory knowledge for every ports committer. --------------enig27B0C65BC3567F39763954D9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDJplkACgkQfoCS2CCgtivjhAD9HC9TpY511K7haqhdE8NgZKqF 0I+WDhkdJULtgFRVOk4A/A+hZezbFPVy9YzCefqbnSwCTGYI4Fy+BXy5QZ3x/4re =4D0s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig27B0C65BC3567F39763954D9--
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