[ Yes, I'm sticking my nose in where it probably doesn't belong and should get chopped off for it. It's a hobby ;]
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 02:36:14AM -0800, a little birdie told me that Satoshi - the Wraith - Asami remarked > > The same situation arises whether the version info is in /var/db/pkg > or /some/other/place. It has been pointed out many times in the past > that we need something to ensure bsd.port.mk can synchronize itself > with the rest of the system (simply because there are too many people > who cvsup one without the other). > > The question is, can I ask you to make sysinstall write some kind of > version info that can be used by bsd.port.mk to identify the age of > the system? This would require a little more work on the 'back' side, but what would be so hard about just checking $Id$ strings around the .mk files? If not for the revision, at least for the date. > The problem is real, we've been bitten too many times in the past > (haven't you seen all the "where's fetch -A?" and other more subtle Well, certainly, it's not always feasible, but I never understood this one in particular. It always seemed like a PERFECT candidate for an OSVERSION (or whatever) bump; certainly the 3.1+ only, since pre-3.1 didn't have the -A (3.1 didn't either, but that would cut out all the complaints from pre-3.1'ers). --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fulle...@futuresouth.com fulle...@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message