On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 09:48:38AM -0800, Eric P. Scott wrote: > >This is not enough; since it is a 4.x binary it is linked against 4.x > >versions of those libraries, and if you try and run the binary on a > >modern version of FreeBSD then it will fail, since those libraries are > >incompatible with their 4.x analogues. > > I just want to make it clear we're talking about two different > binaries:
Yep, and everything I said also applies to the 5.x binary when running
on 6.x and above. It may even apply to running it on later 5.x
releases (e.g. >= 5.3), if it's a binary built against an older
version.
> Would it be possible (hypothetically) to do something like this
> in the Makefile?
>
> DISTNAME= # set below
>
> .if ${OSVERSION} < 500000
> DISTNAME= fbsd4.${PORTNAME}
> .if ${OSVERSION} < 490102
> IGNORE= requires libmap functionality
> .endif
> .else
> DISTNAME= fbsd5.${PORTNAME}
> .if ${OSVERSION} >= 600000
> LIB_DEPENDS+= c.5:${PORTSDIR}/misc/compat5x
> .endif
> .endif
>
> Is FreeBSD 5.5 / 5-STABLE considered "beyond hope" at this point?
It's also a "legacy" branch although termination of support is not
scheduled yet. FreeBSD 6.x is the active branch that is receiving
most user attention and developer support, so a port that does not
work on 6.x is doomed to irrelevance by the tide of history :-)
If someone confirms that the 5.x binary still does actually work on
5.x, then a variation of your above could be added. The variation
needed would be to keep it BROKEN on 6.0 and above, where neither
version of the binary works.
Kris
pgpWG7XRjkyIG.pgp
Description: PGP signature
