Re: devel/bmake + devel/mk-configure

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:48:33AM -0700, Brook Milligan wrote:
> The fundamental problem seems to be that devel/bmake does not define
> MAKE_VERSION correctly, i.e., it is empty.  Apparently, this might be
> fixed at some point more recently than the bmake in pkgsrc, which is
> version 20150505.  Is there a reason not to update devel/bmake to a
> more recent version?  If so, does anyone have bandwidth for that? I am
> uncertain what would be required.

Updating it is a pain and normally only done for useful changes. I'm
frankly not sure if MAKE_VERSION qualifies for that. So far I didn't see
anything important enough to justify the pain.

Joerg