From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 18:13:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9214A106566B; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23BB8FC15; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:13:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so2228220fxm.13 for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:13:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Hlijje9DIZkZgDpUE+2aUQVv19Q60AJet/VOJ/+EaQU=; b=U0exgjUZ4qPtr+6uQ9ie7jH4a13on4A7o/6JS1IC6r0E/irDEFxeXULLPK/UEUQnSN T5205X0ZLu+QDYO54ai5vzVoGvi8ahFuBPGauAgnyi3EtS9+f8mWcY/3M4v0DvXsKlY9 d/4tBh0ryPM0q/mSW/0AjUEqFjfetZvjUCqjs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=NOE4JfWBlMz5KzhZJ6sK3gW4dt+jE0LJRMoQd8kOi+iUlKtrY0513FADlyaBSXGBfJ avTOiXWKxpovamklZ9YAh/Ok7OiBNlwHxtiTCE7TiT2PFmiUq5+sgDhvk5BE0urCj5vW xhvDDoEC4nmz9nXlHq/0gse21Rg/RfdQBL9HA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.102.69 with SMTP id f5mr5786935fao.22.1299953636789; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:13:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.83.136 with HTTP; Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:13:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <488C7790-D3E2-4441-BEC8-DD26D8917181@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:13:56 -0600 Message-ID: From: Jeremy Messenger To: Ade Lovett Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Ports Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] GNU make 3.82 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:13:58 -0000 On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Ade Lovett wrote: >> Work is now underway to bring GNU make 3.82 into the tree. =A0Sadly, the= re are a number of rather unfortunate backwards incompatibility issues betw= een 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 ${LOCAL= BASE}/bin/gmake381, no NLS support. =A0 It is also currently marked IGNORE = and 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, att= aching 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 bui= lding with 3.82, and they will be marked as USE_GMAKE=3D381 to allow them t= o continue to build. =A0A list of such ports will be maintained and posted. >> >> 3. =A0devel/gmake381 will then be marked DEPRECATED with a suitable EXPI= RATION_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 us= ing devel/gmake. =A0Note: it will not be necessary to edit individual port = Makefiles 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 (g= rep -R USE_GMAKE=3D381 ports/) to pick up any stragglers -- not to mention = the 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 co= mpleted. > > You can remove devel/ORBit and irc/xchat-gnome from your patch. I have > fixed those ports to build with gmake 3.82. ...and audio/portaudio . > Cheers, > Mezz > >> -aDe --=20 mezz.freebsd@gmail.com - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org