Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 22:33:58 -0800 (PST) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org To: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> Cc: Dan Moschuk <dm@globalserve.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNOME Message-ID: <ML-3.3.921998038.2516.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <199903210610.AAA59688@spawn.nectar.com>
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> On 20 March 1999 at 20:35, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > > There is one big problem with the way the ports builds work. When > > checking dependancies, it isn't always possible to tell when the > > installed version isn't really up to date. This can be a particular > > problem with a dependancy tree as deep, complex, and dynamic as the > > gnome suite. > > They usually work. Where they don't, it would be nice to get > a send-pr so the port can be fixed. The problem is that the ports aren't making changes that are visible to the dependancy tests. In some cases it is because a port is changing rapidly enough that it doesn't make sense to bump up a library version number; but in others, the test is for the existance of a file whose name is not expected to change across versions. In general, the updated versions are expected to be backwards compatible. But when they contain significant bug fixes, failing to update them can make the higher-level ports look flakey. These aren't easy things to fix because it isn't at all obvious what the right fix is. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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