On Sat, 10 Jul 2010, Marc Espie wrote: > Well, there is a method to the madness. > Most specifically, the check-lib-depends framework. > > From time to time (preferably often), one must check that WANTLIB are > correct. This is done by running (port)-lib-depends-check, and adjusting > the Makefile to take new stuff into account. > > Running the script is simple enough. Figuring out actual changes is not > too hard either. But changing the Makefile is (was) painful. > > - hunt libraries all over the place, between LIB_DEPENDS and WANTLIB > - bump pkgnames all over the place. > > This is the main reason for the recent changes. If every libspec is in a > WANTLIB, then it's simple to keep these ordered in a corner of the port. > And if REVISION is separate from the main pkgname, then it's simpler to bump. > > With those changes, there will be ways for check-lib-depends to actually > tamper with the Makefile directly for simple changes (e.g., keep REVISIONs > and WANTLIBs additions in a clearly delineated area of the Makefile). > > Of course, for that to happen, Makefiles should eventually be "converted" to > the new ways. > > This doesn't have to happen overnight (especially since all the current > constructs still work)... > > but those are the main reasons behind those changes.
This is an *awesome* change for us who lost week-end bump PKGNAMES in the past ;-) -- Antoine
