Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:43:30 -0500 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [SOLVED] How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD releases Message-ID: <58B45732.8060001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <605504AE-19B6-4269-A8A0-7BECEDE9975C@adamw.org> References: <AM3PR02MB31216E353C3B32EAA4DA445F6570@AM3PR02MB312.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <AM3PR02MB3129086752D5917850B5F40F6570@AM3PR02MB312.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <605504AE-19B6-4269-A8A0-7BECEDE9975C@adamw.org>
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Adam Weinberger wrote: >> On 27 Feb, 2017, at 9:07, Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> From: Andrew Hotlab <andrew.hotlab@hotmail.com> >>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 3:37 PM >>> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org >>> Subject: How to create a port only for specific FreeBSD releases >> >>> Hi to all, I'm trying to make a port which installs only a couple of simple scripts >>> (thus NO_BUILD, NO_ARCH, and void MASTER_SITES and DISTFILES...). >>> >>> Since these scripts are designed to run on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer, I'd like to >>> know if there is a way to prevent the port from installing on older FreeBSD >>> releases. In the Porter's Handbook I found this paragraph, but it seems regarding >>> only ported app's source code: >>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-versions.html >> >> Sorry, just found by myself. I included these lines before the do-install section: >> >> .include <bsd.port.pre.mk> >> .if ${OSVERSION} < 1000100 >> IGNORE= runs only on FreeBSD 10.0 and newer >> .endif > > It's really not needed at all. Nothing below 10.3 is supported, and the ports system will complain already. Please don't include that block in your port. > > # Adam > > Thats not true. I have port version just for 9.x and even today I still see the source file the port fetches still being downloaded. It has IGNORE_FreeBSD_10= and IGNORE_FreeBSD_11= in it's Makefile. Best you have IGNORE_FreeBSD_9= in your Makefile to be sure you get what you want.
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