Subject: Re: lintpkgsrc handling all DEPENDS
To: Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi@soum.co.jp>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/28/2001 03:29:22
On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
> > If something wants 7.0* installed, and there is only 7.1.3, that is a
> > problem that needs to be fixed. Presumably by testing if the new version
> > still works with the package in question, then adjusting the depencency to
> > >=7.0 or so.
> 
> How does the test which should be done to say "the new version still
> works" look like?

 * install latest postgres
 * adjust the package's dependency to accept new postgres
 * see if it works
 * if so, commit adjusted dependency;
   if not, fix. 


 - Hubert

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