HEADS UP: Berkeley DB 4...4.7 port removals/upgrades may require manual preparation

[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

> > > >>>> Hm, using USE_BDB=$numble looks wrong to me in devel/ice.
[...]
> > > >>>>  USES=                  iconv gmake
> > > >>>> -USE_BDB=               5
> > > >>>> +USE_BDB=               yes
> > > >>>> +WANT_BDB_VER=          5
> > > >>>>  INVALID_BDB_VER=       40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 6
> > > >>>>  USE_LDCONFIG=          yes
> > > >>>>  BUILD_WRKSRC?=         ${WRKSRC}/cpp

> > > Kurt, or you can commit this even w.o. PR.

Sorry, was offline since last mail...

> > > The patch does not break anything but allows the port to build as
> > > required. I assume there are even more easter eggs in the tree,
> > > specially for USE_BDB.

> @Kurt: I assume you have WITH_BDB_VER= 6 in your make.conf?

Correct.

> I'm a bit curious what the correct use of INVALID_BDB_VER is, since it
> seems incompatible with using WITH_BDB_VER in make.conf, so in the end
> a port always has to specify WANT_BDB_VER if you want to ensure it
> builds correctly.
> 
> Also, using INVALID_BDB_VER in devel/ice seems redundant now:
> 
> USE_BDB= yes
> WANT_BDB_VER= 5
> INVALID_BDB_VER=       40 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 6
> 
> I assume that
> 
> USE_BDB= yes
> WANT_BDB_VER= 5
> 
> will accomplish the same.

Many alternatives -- which one is the right one ?

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