[SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD releases

[Chris H]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:05:01 -0700 Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org> wrote

> > On 27 Feb, 2017, at 10:00, Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722 at gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 5:43 PM
> >> To: Adam Weinberger
> >> Cc: Andrew Hotlab; freebsd-ports at freebsd.org
> >> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD
> >> releases 
> >>>>> Since these scripts are designed to run on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer, I'd
> >>>>> like to know if there is a way to prevent the port from installing on
> >>>>> older FreeBSD releases. In the Porter's Handbook I found this
> >>>>> paragraph, but it seems regarding only ported app's source  code:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-versions.html
> >>>> 
> >>>> Sorry, just found by myself. I included these lines before the
> >>>> do-install section: 
> >>>> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
> >>>> .if ${OSVERSION} < 1000100
> >>>> IGNORE=         runs only on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer
> >>>> .endif
> >>> 
> >>> It's really not needed at all. Nothing below 10.3 is supported, and the
> >>> ports system will complain already. Please don't include that block in
> >>> your port. 
> >>> # Adam
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> Thats not true. I have port version just for 9.x and even today I still 
> >> see the source file the port fetches still being downloaded.
> >> 
> >> It has
> >> IGNORE_FreeBSD_10= and IGNORE_FreeBSD_11= in it's Makefile.
> >> Best you have IGNORE_FreeBSD_9=  in your Makefile to be sure you get 
> >> what you want.
> > 
> > Actually, it seems that Matthew and Adam are right, but I'm not able to
> > understand if it's a warn or a block action:
> > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=431746
> 
> It's a block, but it's overridable.

A big thanks, for not making it /terminal/!

> 
> # Adam
> 

--chris