#12224 closed enhancement (fixed)
RFE: provide ${os.major} instead of local regexps
| Reported by: | afb@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | MacPorts 1.5 |
| Component: | base | Version: | 1.5 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
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Description
Provide ${os.major} with the major ${os.version} to use for platform variants and for packaging. Having it in one place makes it easier to modify for different OSes, and less code when using...
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Change History (9)
Changed 17 years ago by afb@…
| Attachment: | macports-major.patch added |
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comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by afb@…
| Component: | ports → base |
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comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by kballard (Lily Ballard)
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
Looks good, though there's no reason to use a regexp for this when we can just split on periods. Committed with that change in r26693. Thanks.
comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by afb@…
Thanks for applying the change, now we can include the ${os.major} when fetching remote packages and when setting up repositories - something like ${os.platform}/${os.major}/${os.arch}...
comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by afb@…
It should be noted that the patch only adds the variable, it doesn't actually change naming.
comment:5 Changed 17 years ago by jmpp@…
| Milestone: | → Needs developer review |
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Go to the dev list archive to read my comments on this: http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2007-July/002041.html
Setting milestone to "Needs dev review", hoping we get better traction there.
-jmpp
comment:6 Changed 17 years ago by jmpp@…
| Milestone: | Needs developer review → MacPorts base bugs |
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Milestone Needs developer review deleted
comment:7 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…
| Milestone: | MacPorts base bugs → MacPorts base enhancements |
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| Priority: | Expected → Normal |
| Summary: | provide ${os.major} instead of local regexps → RFE: provide ${os.major} instead of local regexps |
comment:8 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Milestone: | MacPorts Future → MacPorts 1.5 |
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macports-major.patch