Changes to bsd.default-versions.mk

[Gavilaan]

Can someone please tell me where to find announcements of changes to bsd.default-versions.mk.
Mailinglist, rss or something

Thanks
Gav

 

[Alain De Vos]

Fyi, a history,

History for Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk - freebsd/freebsd-ports

FreeBSD ports tree (read-only mirror). Contribute to freebsd/freebsd-ports development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[SirDice]

Can someone please tell me where to find announcements of changes to bsd.default-versions.mk.
Mailinglist, rss or something

freebsd-ports@ mailing list.

I suspect you're wondering about the recent change to MySQL 8.0?

Heads-up: MySQL default Version will switch to 8.0

This is important enough to also post here. I'm sure it'll still catch people by surprise. Moin moin MySQL 5.7 is already for some time EOL. For this reason MySQL 5.6 will be deleted from the ports on 6/30/2023 and MySQL 5.7 on 12/31/2023. I have requested an exp-run today to change the...

forums.freebsd.org

 

[Gavilaan]

caught in the act ?

Yes, it was the change to mysql8 which crashed my poudriere. I didn't know that such major changes also happens with minor updates (p6 -> p7).
I will subscribe to the list and hopefully it will not happen to me anymore. I'm glad i have only to build 700 packages. Running a buildserver with all 30k must be a nightmare.

Thanks to all
Gav

 

[bsduck]

I didn't know that such major changes also happens with minor updates (p6 -> p7).

This is a change in ports and is therefore unrelated to updates of the base system.

 

[SirDice]

I will subscribe to the list

This is quite a busy mailinglist, so be aware of this.

I'm glad i have only to build 700 packages. Running a buildserver with all 30k must be a nightmare.

Tip from the trenches. Set the defaults yourself in poudriere's make.conf. That way you won't be caught out.

This is a change in ports and is therefore unrelated to updates of the base system.

Yes. This is a very important distinction with FreeBSD, compared to most (all?) Linux distributions. The ports/packages have nothing to do with the version, major, minor or patch, of the base OS. The ports and the base OS are separate entities.