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Date:      Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:33:01 +0100 (BST)
From:      Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        ru@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [POLL] need a good name for share/mk API versioning
Message-ID:  <200207201833.g6KIX1FC087737@dotar.thuvia.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020720.121407.17240249.imp@bsdimp.com>

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> 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.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

-- 
Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk>       <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>;
"Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich."       Mark Valentine uses
"We're kind of stupid that way."   *munch* *munch*        and endorses FreeBSD
  -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>;                  <http://www.freebsd.org>;

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