From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ITA] po4a
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:11:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <84fc5422-9204-e349-a8a1-fdf60ae0eb19@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o8l6rlrw.fsf@Rainer.invalid>
On 2020-10-13 13:03, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Erwin Waterlander writes:
>> I would like to adopt orphaned package po4a.
>
> When you update the cygport file, please include a REQUIRES for
> perl5_030 to ease the transition when Perl next upgrades in a binary
> incompatible way. Thank you for adopting the package!
I have used the generic perl_base as perl5_030 is a virtual package perl_base
provides using that new keyword, although both names seem to be in
/etc/setup/installed.db.
What are the best approaches for non-perl and perl packages?
I could see perhaps the generic is better for non-perl packages, and the
specific for perl packages?
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-15 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-13 6:48 Erwin Waterlander
2020-10-13 16:34 ` Ken Brown
2020-11-04 11:44 ` Erwin Waterlander
2020-11-04 17:20 ` Achim Gratz
2020-11-15 16:28 ` Erwin Waterlander
2020-11-15 16:49 ` ASSI
2020-11-15 17:48 ` Jon Turney
2020-11-15 18:56 ` Erwin Waterlander
2020-11-15 16:59 ` Brian Inglis
2020-10-13 19:03 ` Achim Gratz
2020-11-15 17:11 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2020-11-15 21:15 ` ASSI
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