On Sunday June 05 2016 15:08:34 Gustaf Neumann wrote:
>(eg. incorporating tcl files from some part of the rsync tree). however,
>i would NOT recommend it to allow it to the regular port maintainer,
>since a port maintainer might not have enough understanding of the
>consequences of such changes to other ports. This would make maintenance
>even more difficult.
What effect could the addition of an "else" condition to the platform statement
have on other ports, whether it's provided through a PortGroup (or similar) or
through base? If it's done through a PortGroup the new syntax will only be
available to ports including that PortGroup, and in any case the whole idea is
to make a transparent change. Regular platform statements shouldn't be affected.
BTW, a PortGroup could do something like
```
package require MacPorts
set platform_in_base "2.3.4+i"
if {[vercmp [macports::version] ${platform_in_base}] < 0} {
# define extented platform proc
} else {
ui_info "The extended platform statement is in base, this PortGroup is now
obsolete"
}
```
R
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