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Date:      Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:19:53 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        pav@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: pointyhat is building for 5.5 but claiming 8.0
Message-ID:  <29401398@bb.ipt.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1199830245.74596.155.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> (Pav Lucistnik's message of "Tue\, 08 Jan 2008 23\:10\:45 %2B0100")
References:  <61565506@bb.ipt.ru> <4783E1C6.50001@FreeBSD.org> <95483459@bb.ipt.ru> <1199830245.74596.155.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>

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On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:10:45 +0100 Pav Lucistnik wrote:

> Boris Samorodov p=C3=AD=C5=A1e v st 09. 01. 2008 v 00:45 +0300:

> > > No, the port is using sysctl(2) to query the OS version which cannot
> > > be wrapped.
> > Hm, ports-mgmt/tinderbox masks it somehow... And doesn't get
> > an error for this port.

> The FreeBSD version inside the tinderbox is same as the host?

No, the versions are different.

> > > This is common in the python world.  It needs to use
> > > uname(1) or uname(3) or OSVERSION.
> > The port itself (at the Makefile) uses "uname -r". There is something
> > weird though.

> Not specific to this port - this is an issue with easydistutils or
> whatsthename of that thing that does eggs.

But not all of python ports with eggs does not build at pointyhat.
Err, I mean very few python ports with eggs get errors...


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Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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