Re: New packages and question about BUILDLINK_DEPENDS

[Aron Stansvik <elvstone%gmail.com@localhost>]

14 Sep 2005 19:49:02 -0400, Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost>:
>   BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.libmemcache+= libmemcache>=1.4.0.b5
> 
> In theory, pkg version compare gets beta right, but that looks odd.
> 
> BUILDLINK_DEPENDS should (IMHO) really be about API version, but in
> practice it's also a bit about whether a particular version is
> adequate.  So if the API hasn't changed recently, I'd depend on the
> oldest version with the right API...

Okay. I looked through the ChangeLog for libmemcache, and it seems the
API hasn't changed since back in May.

Maybe I put my question badly; I wondered what I should put into
libmemcache's buildlink3.mk, not which version I should depend on if
I'm using libmemcache.

So, does this mean I should put just "1.4.0" instead of "1.4.0.b5" in
the buildlink3.mk script for libmemcache?

> ...I view someone needing to update a
> package because it's old as a separate issue from a depending package
> refusing to use it.  But I suspect my view is a bit unorthodox.

Okay.

Aron


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