*_DEPENDS, and getting the wrong versions

[Roman Neuhauser]

# kris at obsecurity.org / 2003-04-23 02:52:07 -0700:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 11:08:13AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # kris at obsecurity.org / 2003-04-22 10:29:35 -0700:
> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 11:51:41AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > > > one of the headaches using ports gives me is that it requires too much
> > > > attention. Let me explain this. Think a port that can link in
> > > > libmysqlclient.so.1{0,2}, and will function the same with either of
> > > > them. Most ports today will
> > > 
> > > Just use a regexp in the dependency :-)
> > 
> >     does not compute. care to give an example?
> 
> LIB_DEPENDS can accept regexps thesedays instead of an exact library
> name like foo.1 (see the commit logs for bsd.port.mk).  I don't know
> if it's used anywhere yet.

    Kris, have you seen my reply to this message? I can repost it if
    necessary.

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