On 17 February 2012 13:59, Mikhail T. <mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com> wrote: > On -10.01.-28163 14:59, Jakub Lach wrote: >> >> Speaking of recent libvpx update, some ports explicitly look >> for libvpx.so.0, and fail to update trying to install again libvpx >> which is already installed. >> >> e.g. multimedia/gstreamer-plugins-vp8 > > Yet again I'd like to point out, that -- contrary to the wide-spread > practice -- ports should not, by default, list a particular shlib major > number in LIB_DEPENDS. Only in cases, when a wrong version of some libfoo is > known to cause problems, should the correct version be explicitly given in > LIB_DEPENDS.
Perhaps someone could make a patch for the Porter's Handbook. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
