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Subject: Re: [POLL] need a good name for share/mk API versioning
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message: <200207201833.g6KIX1FC087737@dotar.thuvia.org>
            Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> writes:
: > From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
: > Date: Sat 20 Jul, 2002
: > Subject: Re: [POLL] need a good name for share/mk API versioning
: 
: > Using OSVERSION may be sufficient for the ports.  Using a
: > __FREEBSD_MK_API_VERSION variable would also be sufficient, as well as
: > allowing for people that use the bsd.*.mk files externally to the
: > project to continue to do so and cope with the different APIs.
: 
: Indeed, if we have __FREEBSD_MK_API_VERSION or equivalent, then ports
: should also use that where appropriate rather than OSVERSION.

Yes.  Exactly my point :-)

Warner

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