cvs commit: ports/graphics/djvulibre Makefile ports/textproc/wordnet Makefile

Pav Lucistnik pav at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jul 15 15:57:39 GMT 2005


Michael Nottebrock píše v pá 15. 07. 2005 v 17:51 +0200:
> On Friday, 15. July 2005 17:26, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > Michael Nottebrock <lofi at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> > >> Oh? Cluster does compile new package when PKGNAME changes.
> > >
> > > Does it really now? That's broken. The right thing would be to track file
> > > modifications timestamps ...
> >
> > Not every change makes it necessary to rebuild the package, e.g. a change
> > to MASTER_SITE does not have to result in a rebuild of the package (if the
> > package isn't there because it wasn't fetchable before, the cluster DTRT).
> 
> It would be better to err on the safe side there instead of having to bump 
> PORTREVISION for the cluster's sake. After all, the cluster doesn't mind a 
> few gratuitous rebuilds too much - ports users do, especially those with 
> slower machines.

These PORTREVISION bumps are here mainly for the users. Because, when a
library raises it's major version number, you need to relink all C
binaries linked against the old copy of the library...

PORTREVISION bumps together with common usage of portupgrade helps this
very nicely.

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>

> Why do we need a film of "Lord of the Rings" when we have the book?
Because watching a cg enhanced Legolas fire a flaming arrow
into the heart of a warg is cool?
    - asdf at asdf.com in rec.games.roguelike.angband
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