Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:34:50 +0400 From: Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> Subject: Re: bad dependance on -> linux_base while upgrade Message-ID: <1126254890.1107.8.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050909101647.saopph7c4kwgg4ck@netchild.homeip.net> References: <1126169430.1104.15.camel@localhost> <20050908110403.71c0c5fd.lists@yazzy.org> <20050908185053.4c9b7015@Magellan.Leidinger.net> <1126251832.1107.6.camel@localhost> <20050909101647.saopph7c4kwgg4ck@netchild.homeip.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
=F7 =D0=D4, 09/09/2005 =D7 10:16 +0200, Alexander Leidinger =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4= : > Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru> wrote: >=20 > Removing current@ from CC. >=20 > > ? ??, 08/09/2005 ? 18:50 +0200, Alexander Leidinger ?????: >=20 > >> There's no autodetection of the used linux_base version. We have a > >> default linux_base and everything is supposed to work with only this > >> version. Everything else is pure luck (or good "upward-compatibility" > >> of the linux ports, but this isn't required). > > > > Probably we should register same dependence as we check ? > > I mean we check existence of /compat/linux/etc/redhat-release as > > dependence, > > Then check related port: > > # pkg_which /compat/linux/etc/redhat-release > > linux_base-rh-9 > > # > > And then register valid dependence. >=20 > This would result in the expectation that every linux port (or at least m= ost > ports) are able to run with every linux_base. We can't guarantee this. So= we > require to make the override explicit. This way the user has to live with= the > decission he decided to make. Probably we should introduce something like COMPAT_LINUX_BASES list. > Bye, > Alexander. >=20 --=20 Vladimir B. Grebenschikov SWsoft Inc. vova@sw-soft.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1126254890.1107.8.camel>