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| author | jfieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-28 16:36:24 +0000 |
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| committer | jfieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-01-28 16:36:24 +0000 |
| commit | 8e3db52b374ff503241485db2e3f784cdbcb1abb (patch) | |
| tree | 8683fe02900c87713fb46aac8778cdd463aa4838 | |
| parent | fd7d88027b9ac1a686503364f4e0d8bbeb9a46ef (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8e3db52b374ff503241485db2e3f784cdbcb1abb.zip FreeBSD-src-8e3db52b374ff503241485db2e3f784cdbcb1abb.tar.gz | |
Add info about distinguishing freebsd versions.
Submitted by: obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml | 30 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml index 20c7a5f..a9d454d 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.10 1995/12/04 17:58:44 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.11 1995/12/07 13:22:15 jkh Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect1><heading>Porting an existing piece of free software<label id="porting"></heading> @@ -96,9 +96,31 @@ the ports collection. to use the <tt>BSD</tt> macros described above. If there actually is a FreeBSD specific change (such as special shared library options when using `<tt>ld</tt>') then it's - OK to use <tt>__FreeBSD__</tt> and `<tt>#if __FreeBSD_ > + OK to use <tt>__FreeBSD__</tt> and `<tt>#if __FreeBSD__ > 1</tt>' to detect a FreeBSD 2.x system. + If you need more granduarity in detecting FreeBSD systems since + 2.0-RELEASE you can use the following: + +<tscreen><verb> +#if __FreeBSD__ >= 2 +#include <osreldate.h> +# if __FreeBSD_version >= 199504 + /* 2.0.5+ release specific code here */ +# endif +#endif +</verb></tscreen> +<tt>__FreeBSD_version</tt> values: +<tscreen><verb> +2.0-RELEASE: 199411 +2.1-current's: 199501, 199503 +2.0.5-RELEASE: 199504 +2.1.0-RELEASE: 199511 +2.2-current before 2.1: 199508 +2.2-current as 10 Jan 1996: 199512 (will certainly be bumped) +</verb></tscreen> +The pattern is the year followed by the month. + </itemize> <p>In the dozens of ports that have been done, there have @@ -134,7 +156,7 @@ the ports collection. # Date created: 5 December 1994 # Whom: asami # - # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.10 1995/12/04 17:58:44 jfieber Exp $ + # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.11 1995/12/07 13:22:15 jkh Exp $ # DISTNAME= oneko-1.1b @@ -889,7 +911,7 @@ lib/libtcl.so.7.3 person who wrote this Makefile] # Whom: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG> # - # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.10 1995/12/04 17:58:44 jfieber Exp $ + # $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.11 1995/12/07 13:22:15 jkh Exp $ [ ^^^^ don't worry about this...it will be automatically filled in by CVS when it is committed to our repository] # |
