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Subject: Re: "Version required:" Makefile comment
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * Just what is the 
 * "# Version required:     2.2 [things like "1.5alpha" are fine here too]"
 * line in a port's Makefile for?  Is the version of FBSD required or the
 * port?  Is it actually checked anywhere?

It's the version of the port, as in "19.31" of emacs-19.31.  It's just 
a comment so it isn't checked anywhere.

The string is usually the same as the one in DISTNAME or PKGNAME, but
sometimes is more descriptive due to the limitation of what you can
put in those variables (as they are part of filenames).

Satoshi