Fix for CONFLICTS in emulators/linux_base ports

[Boris Samorodov]

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:06:13 -0400 Greg Larkin wrote:
> Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > (Seems I've got this mail by private email and send an answer.
> > but for archieves I'll duplicate it here.)
> > 
> > On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:28:49 -0400 Greg Larkin wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi emulation team,
> > 
> >> I'm working on a PR for graphics/linux-ac3d, and it required me to
> >> upgrade my linux_base-fc-4_14 package.  I noticed that the newer
> >> linux_base-f ports don't include the correct package name in CONFLICTS
> >> for the older port.
> > 
> > Thanks for taking care of it. I should have done it myself but
> > you know there are always other first-aid-things to do... :-(
> > 
> >> I have included a patch for the ports that you maintain.  Please review
> >> it when you have a moment and let me know what you think.
> > 
> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~glarkin/diffs/bsam-linux_base.diff
> > 
> > Some thoughts:
> > . I'm not sure if names without * can match anything (and
> >   anyway if they do, ex. linux_base-fc will match linux_base-fc6,
> >   the third diff);
> > . there are more linux_base ports now (including linux_base-f9,
> >   linux_base-f10). They should be included into CONFLICTS and
> >   their CONFLICTS should be considered either.

> Hi Boris,

> I sent two emails with two separate patches, one directly to you and one
> to emulation@, since I wasn't sure who is a member of that alias.  Sorry
> for the confusion on my end.

No problem.

> Perhaps there is a very simple solution - do you think that all
> linux_base ports should have the following CONFLICTS line?

> CONFLICTS=		linux_base-*

> That way, all Linux emulation layers will conflict with every other one,
> and we'll be covered for any future revisions.

Did you try it yourself? ;-) That way every linux base port
will conflict with itself!

> Let me know what you think, and I can commit the changes after
> generating a new patch for your review, if you like.


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