Re: Do we need to export OSVERSION?

[Max Okumoto <okumoto@xxxxxxxx>]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:36:38AM -0700, Max Okumoto wrote:
>
> > I think #4 is the easiest and would not break things, but I 
> > am not sure it would not break things.  Why did we use .makeenv
> > for OSVERSION?
>
>
> To prevent /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.*.mk from overriding it. You can
> make it a normal assignment if you verify that it doesn't get overriden.
> I think it can be a normal assignment.
>
> Joerg

The verify operation is the hard part :-)  I was hoping someone
knew the answer.  The ports structure is a twisty maze of backwards
and forewards compat hacks.

				Max