Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc
To: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 01/09/2006 22:44:14
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:31:19PM +0100, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> IMHO these packages' PKGREVISION should not have been bumped for this, as
> no _existing_ installations were affected (mysql.buildlink3.mk will still
> use the currently installed version of mysql, if any).  The change of the
> default is equivalent to an "upgrade" of the mysql.buildlink3.mk "package",
> for which we usually don't bump PKGREVISION.  

No, the update is necessary: If you build a package without having
any mysql version installed, it will have different dependencies
than before this change. Bulk builds work this way, and are one
of the main sources (if not _the_ main source) for binary packages.

Cheers,
 Thomas