Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:54:55 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to port something requiring different versions depending on OSVERSION? Message-ID: <4BD5007F.7070303@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20100426023433.GA12831@atarininja.org> References: <4BD4D568.5@bitfreak.org> <20100426023433.GA12831@atarininja.org>
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Wesley Shields wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 04:51:04PM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote: >> Detect the OS version, install the latest version if running <8.x and >> install 2.01.09.004 if >=8.x. I can't find anything in the Porter's >> Handbook that explicitly says NOT to do this. Wesley Shields (wxs) says >> this "seems like a bad idea" without further qualification. The only >> thing I could think of is the automated ports QA and packaging; however, >> those are moot because LSI requires pre-download agreement to a license >> which prohibits redistribution. > > That does eliminate a lot of my concern. I didn't really have a > hard-line stance on this. It just struck me as the kind of thing you > want would to do as a last resort only. > > Is there any way that libmap.conf can help here? Sadly no. Libmap only applies to dynamic-linked binaries.
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