Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:10:44 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11/nvidia-driver Makefile pkg-plist Message-ID: <20060320211044.GA18900@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060320173744.GA72724@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200603201608.k2KG8kxQ015282@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060320173744.GA72724@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 12:37:44PM -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 04:08:46PM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > danfe 2006-03-20 16:08:46 UTC > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > x11/nvidia-driver Makefile pkg-plist > > Log: > > - Xorg 6.9 uses the .so extension instead of .a for the server extensions. > > Fix the pkg-plist for that [1] > > - Remove the USE_REINPLACE since it is no longer needed [1] > > > > Please note that 4.X users will probably suffer from this as a side > > effect, however, taking them into account will further complicate the > > Makefile logic, which is already pretty hard to follow. Since I warned > > 4.X users about removing support for that old release of FreeBSD (and > > since I'd be really suprised to find out there's someone still using > > 4.X as their desktop) more than 8 months ago, plus we're not obliged to > > support ports on 4.X anymore, I think we can live with it. > > Only if you mark the port IGNORE on 4.x so it tells them up-front. I deliberately did not bump PORTREVISION [*] to minimize effect on 4.x users (presuming they already have nvidia-driver port installed and registered properly). Nonetheless, I'm thinking of more perfect way of dealing with this issue right now, and in case I could not get one promptly, I'll IGNORE it on 4.x or find other canonically-proper way to fix it. > > Dear committer: you have many other ports that you also need to > annotate with BROKEN/IGNORE (or fix). I hope you'll do so soon > instead of committing new ones :-) Despite the fact you're quite right, and I'm very aware of those and fixes will follow promptly, I'd appreciate if such assessments were sent privately. Thanks. ./danfe P.S. For 4.X only [*]
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