Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/security

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 08:24:39AM +0000, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> > ERROR: security/dsniff/Makefile.common:4:
> >     PKGREVISION must not be set outside the package Makefile.
> 
> Why does pkglint say that?

Because it's the current practice -- usually, different packages using
the same Makefile.common have different dependencies and will be
bumped at different times (e.g. for shlib major bumps) and thus the
PKGREVISIONs should be in the separate Makefiles.

Cheers,
 Thomas