Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 11:48:12 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com> To: Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] GNU make 3.82 Message-ID: <AANLkTinOkXsh56wn2-yvwWL8%2BxSfRM04cJ7QEDwnqaun@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <488C7790-D3E2-4441-BEC8-DD26D8917181@freebsd.org> References: <488C7790-D3E2-4441-BEC8-DD26D8917181@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Ade Lovett <ade@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Work is now underway to bring GNU make 3.82 into the tree. =A0Sadly, ther=
e are a number of rather unfortunate backwards incompatibility issues betwe=
en this and 3.81 which makes a simple replacement unworkable.
>
> A new port, devel/gmake381 has just been committed to the tree which is a=
heavily stripped down 3.81 version (just the binary, installed as ${LOCALB=
ASE}/bin/gmake381, no NLS support. =A0 It is also currently marked IGNORE a=
nd is NOT attached to devel/Makefile. =A0 Please do NOT use it directly in =
any way, shape or form.
>
> The next steps are as follows:
>
> 1. =A0A patchset will be implemented, upgrading devel/gmake to 3.82, atta=
ching devel/gmake381 to the build, and extending the USE_GMAKE variable so =
that a value of 'yes' will continue to use devel/gmake (now 3.82) and '381'=
will use the older 3.81
>
> 2. =A0-exp runs will be iterated over to determine which ports break buil=
ding with 3.82, and they will be marked as USE_GMAKE=3D381 to allow them to=
continue to build. =A0A list of such ports will be maintained and posted.
>
> 3. =A0devel/gmake381 will then be marked DEPRECATED with a suitable EXPIR=
ATION_DATE (at least 6 months), at which point it will be removed, and the =
USE_GMAKE=3D381 logic also reverted, so that everything will go back to usi=
ng devel/gmake. =A0Note: it will not be necessary to edit individual port M=
akefiles back to USE_GMAKE=3Dyes, since the checks for USE_GMAKE only look =
to see if the variable is defined. =A0This will provide for ease of use (gr=
ep -R USE_GMAKE=3D381 ports/) to pick up any stragglers -- not to mention t=
he fact that they'll most likely be broken in weird and interesting ways.
>
> A followup posting will occur as and when steps (1) and (2) have been com=
pleted.
You can remove devel/ORBit and irc/xchat-gnome from your patch. I have
fixed those ports to build with gmake 3.82.
Cheers,
Mezz
> -aDe
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