Re: pkg/41087: OS_VERSION should be removed from PKGPATH

[Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/41087; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: vle%gmx.net@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/41087: OS_VERSION should be removed from PKGPATH
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:33:51 +0100

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 On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 07:25:01PM +0000, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 > >Number:         41087
 > >Category:       pkg
 > >Synopsis:       OS_VERSION should be removed from PKGPATH
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       serious
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 27 19:25:00 +0000 2009
 > >Originator:     Aleksey Cheusov <vle%gmx.net@localhost>
 > >Release:        NetBSD 5.0_RC3
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > System: NetBSD chen.chizhovka.net 5.0_RC3 NetBSD 5.0_RC3 (GENERIC) #2: Sa=
 t Mar 21 12:22:42 EET 2009 
cheusov%chen.chizhovka.net@localhost:/srv/obj/sys/arch/i38=
 6/compile/GENERIC i386
 > Architecture: i386
 > Machine: i386
 > >Description:
 > There is no reason to include OS_VERSION to PKGPATH.
 > This makes lots of troubles and doesn't solve any problem.
 >=20
 > sysutils/lsof/Makefile         rev. 1.98
 > devel/p5-perl-headers/Makefile rev. 1.33
 
 Assuming you mean PKGNAME, I really don't see what kind of trouble it
 can lead to.  Those packages are intimately tied to the version of the
 OS, so putting the information in the package name is a convenient way
 of knowing what the intended target of the package is.
 
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