[42732] trunk/dports/x11/xrender/Portfile

Bryan Blackburn blb at macports.org
Sat Nov 29 20:52:09 PST 2008


On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 10:41:45PM -0600, Ryan Schmidt said:
> On Nov 29, 2008, at 22:32, mcalhoun at macports.org wrote:
>
>> Revision: 42732
>>           http://trac.macports.org/changeset/42732
>> Author:   mcalhoun at macports.org
>> Date:     2008-11-29 20:32:49 -0800 (Sat, 29 Nov 2008)
>> Log Message:
>> -----------
>> xrender: workaround for lack of x11.pc and xproto.pc on Apple's X11  
>> prior to XQuartz.
>> Attempt to fix #17429.
>> There is no revision increase because xrender either builds correctly or 
>> not at all.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>> -    set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}-${version}
>> +    set docdir ${prefix}/share/doc/${name}
>
> We had been on a push to switch ports from unversioned to versioned  
> documentation directories. If you want to undo that now, it would be good 
> to first discuss it on the list and reach a consensus, and then apply it 
> consistently in all ports.

What was the reasoning for that?  Since only one version of a port can be
installed at one time, there shouldn't be any conflicts.  Appending the
version means that every upgrade moves the documentation...

Bryan



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