Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc
To: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
From: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@netbsd.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 01/09/2006 23:06:54
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:44:14PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> 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.
Ok, that's true. My bl3.mk "upgrade" comparision does not hold since the
bumped packages don't depend on mysql.bl3.mk but on a specific mysqlX-client
package. Thanks for the clarification.
Geert