ASSP out of date

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

On Nov 5, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> You can do something like
>
> platform darwin 7 {
> 	pre-fetch {
> 		return -code error "${name} requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later"
> 	}
> }

Ooh.  People are using pre-fetch as an "initializer" for the  
Portfile?   Ugh.   I never thought of that scenario, but had Landon  
and I been really using our noodles back then, we would have added  
start and end actions (which did nothing by default) for precisely  
this purpose, also guaranteeing each to be the very first and last  
things run, respectively.

I'm tempted to go add this myself right now, but it's too good of a  
"junior ports hacker" project to deny someone else the learning  
experience and satisfaction involved. ;-)

- Jordan