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Date:      Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:36:58 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        Jakub Lach <jakub_lach@mailplus.pl>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Re: recent portrevision bump for libvpx
Message-ID:  <CADLo83_ytDv2%2BKER5q9CF2y_T03PTegpArZ_PX0i-Lnnjtbd5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 17 February 2012 13:59, Mikhail T. <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> wrote:
> On -10.01.-28163 14:59, Jakub Lach wrote:
>>
>> Speaking of recent libvpx update, some ports explicitly look
>> for libvpx.so.0, and fail to update trying to install again libvpx
>> which is already installed.
>>
>> e.g. multimedia/gstreamer-plugins-vp8
>
> Yet again I'd like to point out, that -- contrary to the wide-spread
> practice -- ports should not, by default, list a particular shlib major
> number in LIB_DEPENDS. Only in cases, when a wrong version of some libfoo is
> known to cause problems, should the correct version be explicitly given in
> LIB_DEPENDS.

Perhaps someone could make a patch for the Porter's Handbook.

Chris



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