On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, J Chapman Flack wrote:

> 3. given DEPENDS+= foo>=1.2nb2:../../bar/foo
>    and the bar/foo Makefile provides 1.2nb3
>    even if a 1.2nb2 binary exists, which would satisfy the requirement,
>    it is ignored and a source build of 1.2nb3 is done.

Please see my simple idea (patch) in
 http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/06/24/0011.html

> The patches are in http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/03/20/0025.html
>
> More complete explanations and rationale for the changes are in
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2005/03/20/0023.html

I will have a look at your ideas too.

> Should I make a PR do you think just to keep them visible? I'm curious if
> anyone sees effects in the patches that look like they would break something
> else.

PR tracking system is always a good idea if you are concerned it may be
overlooked or forgotten.

 Jeremy C. Reed

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