On 28 Mar 2012 16:22, "Michael Scheidell" <scheid...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Looking for an FAQ on PORTREVISION bumps on commits, pr's. > > Basically, I make the decision based on 'hey, if I was running a cronjob to do a portupgrade -Rr every night, would I want this to be upgraded'? > > I know if something is broken across all builds, it doesn't need a portrevision bump. > If portversion is bumped, portrevision needs to be reset to 0 (line deleted from Makefile) > pkg-plist changed (except for tweaks for portdocs/portexamples) > > options change? I would think so, I see 'make config' called sometimes on portrevision bump, so I assume if I change the defaults, or add an option that changes build, I should bump it. > > What about things like removing a run_depends that isn't nessessary? ie: > > build_depends= This \ That \ TheOther > run_depends+= $build_depends > > but, in reality, you only need 'that' to run. > > build_depends= This \ That \ TheOther > run_depends = that > > Would the average OP want to rebuild the package just to eliminate the extra run depends? I am thinking, not. why bother? > > make deinstall/reinstall via portupgrade or portmanager won't really do anything > make package/ pkg_delete/ pkg_add won't do anything. > > So, is there a definitive list? >
You also need to consider that packages are rebuilt on a bump, so if the RUN_DEPEND removal were a real monster, the pkg_add -r users will thank you for that. 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"
