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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [POLL] need a good name for share/mk API versioning
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> From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
> Date: Sat 20 Jul, 2002
> Subject: Re: [POLL] need a good name for share/mk API versioning

> Using OSVERSION may be sufficient for the ports.  Using a
> __FREEBSD_MK_API_VERSION variable would also be sufficient, as well as
> allowing for people that use the bsd.*.mk files externally to the
> project to continue to do so and cope with the different APIs.

Indeed, if we have __FREEBSD_MK_API_VERSION or equivalent, then ports
should also use that where appropriate rather than OSVERSION.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

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