Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:58:38 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing a different PORTVERSION based on OSVERSION? Message-ID: <4B7863FE.9040108@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20100214180243.GA79050@atarininja.org> References: <4B776D6F.10008@bitfreak.org> <20100214180243.GA79050@atarininja.org>
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Wesley Shields wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 07:26:39PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
>> I'm working on a revision to a port where the current version doesn't
>> work on 8.0-R; however, an older version does. Rather than roll the
>> entire port back to an older version, I'd like to have the newer version
>> available to 7.x and older and the older version available to 8.x and
>> newer. Is it appropriate to install different versions of a port based
>> on ${OSVERSION}? If so, do I just set the necessary variables after
>> including bsd.port.pre.mk?
>
> This seems like a bad idea to me. How much effort would it take to fix
> the port on 8.x and newer?
The port contains a static-linked binary from the vendor--not something
I can patch.
> The other option is to mark it broken on 8.x and newer.
The port currently sets BROKEN if OSVERSION >= 800000.
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