cvs commit: ports/net-im/libpurple Makefile

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:15:18 -0600, Wesley Shields <wxs at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 07:08:08PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> Wesley Shields wrote:
>> > wxs         2009-03-24 00:23:31 UTC
>> >
>> >   FreeBSD ports repository
>> >
>> >   Modified files:
>> >     net-im/libpurple     Makefile
>> >   Log:
>> >   - Chase devel/silc-toolkit update.
>> >
>> >   Revision  Changes    Path
>> >   1.58      +1 -1      ports/net-im/libpurple/Makefile
>> >
>> >  
>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net-im/libpurple/Makefile.diff?&r1=1.57&r2=1.58&f=h
>>
>> Since silc is off by default (and therefore the package won't change),
>> was this necessary?
>
> There are two viewpoints to this:
>
> 1) The option is off by default so the package won't change, and thus
> PORTREVISION doesn't need to be bumped.
>
> 2) Not bumping PORTREVISION may cause the port to misbehave if it's
> built with old libraries.

None of that above, but you did it correct to bump it to avoid users'  
libpurple broke for can't find old library.

BTW: Does not matter if the option is off, still need to be bump.

Cheers,
Mezz

> I don't know which (if any) is the right answer, but I went with option
> #2 in this case.  I'm interested in knowing what the official thing to
> do is because I can see both sides of this debate.
>
> -- WXS


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