Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 09:54:29 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: des@des.no (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Latest round of bsd.*.mk changes Message-ID: <8317FE94-58CD-11D8-891D-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpn07ymltd.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <1075871381.76993.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1075892773.694.38.camel@gorf.lovett.com> <xzpn07ymltd.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Feb 04, 2004, at 16:06, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Nothing has really changed. With port.mkversion, we didn't support > systems installed prior to the date 4.3 was released (regardless of > what version they actually were). Now we just don't support anything > older than 4.3 (regardless of when it was installed). Ok. The point being that we have a reasonable amount of code in the=20 tree that works around features not present in earlier releases than=20 4.3. A lot of this code could now be ripped out, seeing as >=3D 4.3 is now=20 required, and I'd suggest a specific OSVERSION check as early as=20 possible to stave off the "I'm on <4.3, why did this port fail=20 mysteriously" questions. -aDe
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