> >>> While we are talking, how do you guys thing I should handle this > >>> problem: it's a binary port. There are different binaries for > >>> FreeBSD-6.x, 7.x, 8.x > >>> http://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/downloads/release/19e/ > >>> > >>> The 6.3 will run everywhere. Should I just use that one? Do you want > >>> me to conditionalize on FreeBSD version? > >> If they bother to release different native binaries for our supported > >> OS versions let encourage them to keep doing that ;-) > > > > "They" == kind of me, although I didn't build these particular > > binaries. > > > > Is there prior art in ports about how to do this? What do I do with > > oddball version numbers? > > Perhaps you can conditionalize the DISTNAME based on the FreeBSD version > number, as shown on this page: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/freebsd-versions.html? > > If you do that, just make sure that the distinfo file has an entry for > each possible DISTNAME value, so the checksum verification will work on > any FreeBSD version.
So what happens when a user runs FreeBSD-6, installs such a port, then upgrades to FreeBSD-7. Would the port for the installed package come up with the wrong plist and whatnot? Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ FreeBSD - where you want to go, today. http://www.freebsd.org/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
