Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 17:41:01 -0700 (PDT) From: kosmos <kosmos@bowhill.yi.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: ports features wish list: USE_PACKAGE_FIRST Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009221700180.6638-100000@bowhill.yi.org>
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I have an item for the ports development wish-list. This is probably not a new idea, but it is related to building packages on-the-fly, and it would be useful. How about a make target that would look in packages/All to add a dependent package before attempting to install it as a port? It might speed things up a bit for long installations, and could also be used in package-building. To illustrate, suppose I want to install port_A, which depends on port_B. Port_B was deinstalled at some point, but exists in packages/All as package_B. When I type make install in port_A directory, make would notice package_B in packages/All, and install it. Then port_A would build. This could be used with 'make DEPENDS_TARGET=package package' to form something grotesque like: 'make DEPENDS_TARGET=package USE_PACKAGE_FIRST=t package' to build a complex package. --Allan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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