In message <19990401052839.d11...@futuresouth.com>, "Matthew D. Fuller" wrote: } [ 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.
I think that's asking for trouble - it'll lose if someone keeps their .mk files in their own RCS (I do this for some files; admittedly not for the .mk files, but I could see someone doing that). -- Jon Hamilton hamil...@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
