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

[Andrew Hotlab]

> From: Adam Weinberger <adamw at adamw.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 6:05 PM
> To: Andrew Hotlab
> Cc: Ernie Luzar; freebsd-ports at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD releases
> 
>> 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.
> 

Ok, I guess the better way is to let bsd.port.mk do the job for me! :)

Thanks to all you guys!