Re: pkgtools/osabi is useless

[Aleksey Cheusov <cheusov%tut.by@localhost>]

>On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:12:47AM +0000, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
>> Module Name:	pkgsrc
>> Committed By:	cheusov
>> Date:		Mon Oct 27 00:12:47 UTC 2014
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>> 	pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/lib: pkg_install.conf.5.in
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> New config parameter IGNORE_OSABI was added to pkg_install.conf.
>> If it is "yes", pkgtools/osabi package does not check kernel version.
>> Oked by bouyer@
>
>I like this feature, but would much prefer if we specified features in
>terms of the positive, rather than the negative: i.e.
>
>	CHECK_OSABI=yes
>
>is much easier for my poor brain to comprehend, especially compared to
>IGNORE_OSABI=no.

The problem is pkgsrc bootstrap does not install pkg_install.conf
config. I also cannot find it on NetBSD 6.1. This is why I implemented
IGNORE_OSABI.

>
>Also, I didn't see any public discussion about this - it would have been
>good to have that, since I think your change would have had a lot of
>support.

We are here.

>Regards,
>Alistair

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.