[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/geography/geos Add comments (only) about shlib version...

[gdt <gdt%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/1fb3dd557cf9
branches:  trunk
changeset: 604732:1fb3dd557cf9
user:      gdt <gdt%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Jun 03 16:05:44 2012 +0000

description:
Add comments (only) about shlib versioning.

Note that the shlib-name-changing-on-minor-releases issue has been
raised upstream.

diffstat:

 geography/geos/Makefile |  10 +++++++++-
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (23 lines):

diff -r 3b939727f856 -r 1fb3dd557cf9 geography/geos/Makefile
--- a/geography/geos/Makefile   Sun Jun 03 13:47:08 2012 +0000
+++ b/geography/geos/Makefile   Sun Jun 03 16:05:44 2012 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2012/06/01 14:32:54 gdt Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 2012/06/03 16:05:44 gdt Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=      geos-3.3.4
 CATEGORIES=    geography
 MASTER_SITES=  http://download.osgeo.org/geos/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=  .tar.bz2
 
+# NOTE: geos uses -release for versioning lib/libgeos.la, and seems to
+# change the shlib name (not just the version, but the *name*) on
+# every release.  If this continues, a recursive revbump is required
+# on every update.
+
+# This has been reported as a bug to the upstream mailinglist:
+# http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geos-devel/2012-June/005860.html
+
 MAINTAINER=    gdt%NetBSD.org@localhost
 HOMEPAGE=      http://geos.refractions.net/
 COMMENT=       C++ port of the Java Topology Suite (JTS)