On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:59 AM, 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.
I regard this as a wrong practice. Here is why: 1. The way you specify the version in LIB_DEPENDS has NO relation with how the port link to the lib. The port can link to the major version (pkg-config), or the .so, etc. 2. One responsibility of the ports system is to protect the user from suffering from running a software which links to a ABI incompatible, hence, wrong shared library. A software runs incorrectly is a disaster, and the shared library version is to prevent this, and the ports system is to protect the versioned shared libraries. Thus -- A port fails to find its depends better than it does not link, a software does not link is better than it does not run correctly. And your practice is trying to remove such protection. 3. "Known to cause problem"? Can I infer ""you can predict the future" from that? So, to link to a version explicitly should be the default. Only a library behaviors "good" in its development history can be considered to use it's libname only in LIB_DEPENDS. > > -mi > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Zhihao Yuan, nickname lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/ _______________________________________________ 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"
