cvs commit: ports/print/ghostscript9 Makefile ports/print/ghostscript9/files patch-base-gdevl256.c patch-base-gdevvglb.c

Hiroki Sato hrs at FreeBSD.org
Thu Jul 21 06:13:57 UTC 2011


Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at FreeBSD.ORG> wrote
  in <20110721054015.GA72702 at FreeBSD.org>:

da> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 03:22:48PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
da> > Am 17.07.2011 13:18, schrieb Hiroki Sato:
da> > > hrs         2011-07-17 11:18:47 UTC
da> > >
da> > >   Modified files:
da> > >     print/ghostscript9   Makefile
da> > >   Added files:
da> > >     print/ghostscript9/files patch-base-gdevl256.c
da> > >                              patch-base-gdevvglb.c
da> > >   Log:
da> > >   Fix a build failure when vaglib and/or lvga256 is specified.
da> >
da> > It is very unfortunate that the PORTREVISION was bumped, and wasteful.
da> > This was not necessary, let me explain:
da> >
da> > - if the build fails given specific (apparently non-default) options,
da> > there is no prior port/package where files change
da> >
da> > - we bump PORTREVISION only if installed files or dependencies change.
da>
da> Even for deps/plist changes, it is not always necessary to bump revision.
da> If, for example, port behavior is changed so it installs few extra files,
da> PORTREVISION can be left intact, as long as previous version of the port has
da> correct plist.  On contrast, if pkg-plist was updated to include files that
da> were installed but didn't have plist entry before, PORTREVISION should be
da> bumped so users can get "fixed" package.
da>
da> In general, I totally agree with Matthias on this issue: please give enough
da> thinking before bumping PORTREVISION.

 Sorry, I mistakenly thought one of the options was enabled by default
 for some reason.

-- Hiroki
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