Using ">" sign in LIB_DEPENDS

[Greg Larkin]

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Ruslan Mahmatkhanov wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Using ">" sign in LIB_DEPENDS in port's Makefile triggers this error:
> Syntax error: redirection unexpected
> *** Error code 2
> 
> While defined in BUILD_DEPENDS and RUN_DEPENDS works fine.
> Is this expected behaviour?
> 
> Test sample:
> 
> LIB_DEPENDS=    rubygem-dnsruby>=1.47:${PORTSDIR}/dns/rubygem-dnsruby
> 
> 

Hi Ruslan,

Yes, you can only check for the shared library version itself, not the
version of the port/package that installed it:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-depend.html

However, there's nothing preventing you from adding the version check
above to BUILD_/RUN_DEPENDS and a LIB_DEPENDS with a specific library
version.  There might be a situation where the shared library version
hasn't changed, but you need a minimal version check on the upstream distro.

Hope that helps,
Greg
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