From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 11:57:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8001065670; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:57:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44DF58FC12; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:57:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yia13 with SMTP id 13so6612187yia.13 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:57:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=IFnKOQxnn7quURMPJQ5sLgYGWAK5fOFY7e5pmlg1PXI=; b=masPUOdhEqqUkxXbq5ac5+Furo24OWEC6lslwVjPyyWThV3zqoZEvkI4fbeTORZWfa dLQfEueI0R8XH5zbf6MOmDv9ACoxt/NK515DM0HgeiTWwZTV5LYDR/UXTzQm6U4HEI03 1LrMipIHFXx2ra8vzUnXUThtfxi8h5FMZ6FrY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.190.200 with SMTP id e48mr46524242yhn.59.1317123007316; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:30:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.105.166 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:30:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110927091830.GA35900@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20110926230335.041fd9aa@lab.lovett.com> <86mxdqfq69.fsf@gmail.com> <4E818941.7060006@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20110927091830.GA35900@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:30:07 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: "O. Hartmann" , h h , ade@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kevin Oberman X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:59:38 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ports/ and 10.0-CURRENT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:57:37 -0000 On 27 September 2011 10:18, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:28:49AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > > On 09/27/11 08:35, h h wrote: > > >Kevin Oberman writes: > > > > > >>On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Ade Lovett wrote: > > >> > > >>>With the advent of the conversion of HEAD to 10.0-CURRENT and, as to > be > > >>>expected, ports/ is going to be essentially unusable for a while. > > >>> > > >>>The issue stems from configure scripts (to choose something completely > > >>>at random) assuming that FreeBSD would never jump to a double-digit > > >>>major version number, and as such, various regexps for "freebsd1*" > (ie: > > >>>FreeBSD 1.1.x) are now matching "freebsd10". > > >[...] > > >> > > >>aDe, > > >> > > >>Could an entry to this effect be added to UPDATING (with a matching > > >>entry when ports/ is "unbroken"). > > > > > >Also mention a workaround, e.g. > > > > > > $ export UNAME_r='9.9-BLAH' > > > > > > Now I understand why some OS vendors have choosen the latin 10 'X' for > > their tenth version of their operating system ... > > At least there will be a long rest after > the move to 10 is complete.. until FreeBSD 100. > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > we can leave that to our grand children to figure out though 8)