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

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: Steven Drake <sdrake%xnet.co.nz@localhost>, Aleksey Cheusov 
<vle%gmx.net@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg/41087 (OS_VERSION should be removed from PKGPATH)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:25:57 +0000

 On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:20:10PM +0000, Steven Drake wrote:
  >> What does come to mind is adding a dummy package whose version
  >> *is* the kernel version and having lsof depend on it. This would also
  >> solve the problem and be less messy.
  >  
  >  I like it!  
  >  
  >  But why not make it a dependance for all packages that set 
  >  OSVERSION_SPECIFIC?
 
 That sounds like a good plan... especially since it appears that
 currently OSVERSION_SPECIFIC doesn't actually *do* anything...
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost