Re: pkg/42704 (Adding support for bmake as a pkgsrc tool (ala gmake))

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/42704; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/42704 (Adding support for bmake as a pkgsrc tool (ala gmake))
Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 04:36:40 +0000

 On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 07:15:00PM +0000, Robert Elz wrote:
  >    | netbsd-4 is EOL for some time and so this issue is no longer relevant.
  >  
  >  I disagree with this one - the particular issue that led to the proposed
  >  change may no longer be relevant, but the underlying problem will always
  >  be present.
  >  
  >  Exactly the same issue could apply today for NetBSD 5, and even perhaps
  >  for NetBSD 6 - (b)make keeps being upgraded &/or fixed, a developer with
  >  a new (and/or fixed) version is naturally going to want to use it fully
  >  (that's why new features are added, and how bugs are found so they can be
  >  fixed).
 
 Right, which is why the recommended procedure if using an EOL version
 of NetBSD is to bootstrap. This gives you the latest pkgsrc bmake.
 
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 David A. Holland
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