[65087] trunk/base/src/macports1.0/macports.tcl

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Sat Apr 3 02:02:32 PDT 2010


On 2010-4-3 19:55 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 03:52, Joshua Root wrote:
> 
>> Reinstalling or editing the registry is required to change the recorded
>> archs property. A rev bump would mean a useless reinstall for all the
>> users running 1.8 though.
> 
> Right, no revbumps now, but revbumps and adding "supported_archs noarch" (*outside* of any "if" block) for all noarch ports after 1.9 is released (so that the port could not inadvertently be installed on 1.8).

Ports installed with 1.8 won't have archs recorded in the registry and
thus won't be checked for arch mismatches after upgrading to 1.9. So rev
bumps shouldn't be necessary for any portfile that has had
supported_archs added before 1.9 is released.

- Josh


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