Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:43:32 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Latest round of bsd.*.mk changes Message-ID: <xzpad3w9hgr.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <8317FE94-58CD-11D8-891D-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org> (Ade Lovett's message of "Fri, 6 Feb 2004 09:54:29 -0800") References: <1075871381.76993.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1075892773.694.38.camel@gorf.lovett.com> <xzpn07ymltd.fsf@dwp.des.no> <8317FE94-58CD-11D8-891D-000A956B6386@FreeBSD.org>
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Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Ok. The point being that we have a reasonable amount of code in the > tree that works around features not present in earlier releases than > 4.3. No, we don't. Asami-san made 20001103 a flag date, anything older than that is not supported. > A lot of this code could now be ripped out, seeing as >=3D 4.3 is now > required 4.3 or higher has been required for a long time (since January 16, 2001 to be exact); the only thing that has changed is the logic we use to verify the age of the system. > and I'd suggest a specific OSVERSION check as early as > possible to stave off the "I'm on <4.3, why did this port fail > mysteriously" questions. Thank you for your excellent suggestion. In case you hadn't noticed, that is exactly what the patch Joe committed does. *grrr* DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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