Re: USES=llvm:min=17 wants 17 when 19 is installed

On Sep 10 2024, 09:39 +0000, Xavier Humbert <xavier@groumpf.org> wrote:
>
>Le 10/09/2024 11:36, Xavier Humbert a écrit :
>>Le 10/09/2024 10:29, Pietro Cerutti a écrit :
>>>The port lang/picolisp currently depends on LLVM 17. It works fine 
>>>with newer versions of LLVM too, so in the process of updating it 
>>>to a new version, I thought I'd update the llvm requirement.
>>>
>>>I currently have llvm-19 installed, and I am trying to modify the 
>>>USES line to be USES=llvm:min=17,lib in the port's Makefile.
>>>I would expect the port to be happy with version 19, but 
>>>apparently it wants 17:
>>>
>>>$ pkg info -x llvm
>>>llvm19-19.1.0.r4
>>>
>>>$ grep USES Makefile
>>>USES=           gmake llvm:min=17,lib pkgconfig readline ssl tar:tgz
>>>
>>># make all-depends-list | grep llvm
>>>ports/devel/llvm17
>>>
>>>Any idea?
>>>
>>You may set
>>    DEFAULT_VERSIONS+=llvm=19
>>in make.conf
>>
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Xavier
>>
>And use the variable ${LLVM_PORT:T} in the Makefile

That is fine for a local override, but I was looking for a way to say: 
this ports works fine with llvm 17, 18, or 19; pick whatever is 
installed, or fallback to llvm's default version.

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