Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:53:37 +0100 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: varying PORTVERSION with OSVERSION Message-ID: <20051221215337.GK87723@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <43A97F91.25406.FE677CB@dan.langille.org> References: <43A97F91.25406.FE677CB@dan.langille.org>
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Le Mer 21 déc 05 à 22:15:13 +0100, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> écrivait : > It came to my attention today that PORTVERSION can vary with > OSVERSION. Is this a recommended practice? For that matter can it > vary with ARCH? I don't know if there exists a policy about that, but this is possible for binaries ports (e.g. misc/dnetc or x11/nvidia-driver). > I ask mainly because FreshPorts does not cater for this at present. > Given that I'm now working on making FreshPorts both OSVERSION and > ARCH independent, I wanted to gather more information before > proceeding with the design. I was preparing to make FreshPorts aware > that FORBIDDEN and BROKEN may vary with OSVERSION and ARCH, and > nothing else. It would be great if the statistics of Broken / Forbidden / etc. were displayed by branches, thanks! -- Th. Thomas.
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