Re: pkg/43227: [math/py-rpy] Update to 1.0.3

[wen heping <wenheping%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/43227; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: wen heping <wenheping%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: OBATA Akio <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg/43227: [math/py-rpy] Update to 1.0.3
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 15:17:41 +0800

 On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:10 PM, OBATA Akio <obache%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/43227; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: "OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/43227: [math/py-rpy] Update to 1.0.3
 > Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 16:07:58 +0900
 >
 > =A0On Sun, 02 May 2010 12:25:03 +0900, wen heping 
 > <wenheping%gmail.com@localhost> w=
 rote:
 >
 > =A0> =A0> > > And why patch-ac is required?
 > =A0> =A0> > Without patch-ac, the build will fail.
 > =A0> =A0>
 > =A0> =A0> Is it came from API changes of R?
 > =A0> I think it is not the R API changes, but the include file of rpy cha=
 nged.
 >
 > =A0In other words,
 > =A0The patch probably means "R version XXX move YYY from Rdevices.h to Re=
 mbedded.h" or
 > =A0"Rdevices.h had been deprecated since R version XXX, so use Rembedded.=
 h for YYY".
 
 yes
 
 
 > =A0I said that it is API change of R.
 >
 > =A0> =A0> In other words, if you built rpy with R-2.10.1, is it also usab=
 le
 > =A0> =A0> with R-2.11.0?
 > =A0> No, when rpy build with R-2.10.1, it will install file r2101.so to t=
 he
 > =A0> =A0target directory,
 > =A0> =A0while with R-2.11.0(which I send a PR to update it), it will inst=
 all r2110.so
 >
 > =A0I want to know about ABI compatibility.
 >
 > =A0If rpy will be built with R-2.11.1, r2111.so will be installed and wor=
 ks file.
 > =A0But how about a situation, if rpy-1.0.3 was built with R-2.11.0,
 > =A0then update R to 2.11.1 (no rebuild of rpy), is rpy-1.0.3 still usable=
  or need
 > =A0to rebuild with R-2.11.1?
 
 rpy-1.0.3 built with R-2.11.0 could not usable for R-2.11.1, the
 r2110.so in PLIST
 should change to r2111.so(I think rpy-0.98 the same)
 
 rpy should modify the PLIST every time R update.
 
 the rpy in FreeBSD portstrees was bumped portrevision for 13 times :)
 
 
 
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