Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:09:59 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> Cc: Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/23346: Add missing dependency for unzip to the xmms port Message-ID: <20001212100959.A424@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <14901.12684.53713.361510@onceler.kciLink.com>; from khera@kciLink.com on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:57:00PM -0500 References: <200012111950.eBBJo4063800@freefall.freebsd.org> <14901.12684.53713.361510@onceler.kciLink.com>
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:57:00PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > >>>>> "ES" == Espen Skoglund <esk@ira.uka.de> writes: > > >> result, on a default install skin files do not work and cause a > >> "unzip: command not found" error to be printed on standard output. > > ES> Hmm. I'm wondering if we really want this dependency. I mean, the > ES> port has loads of dependencies as it is, and I'd hate to put even more > > If a program _requires_ another during build, then by definition it _is_ > a build-time dependency and should be specified as so in the port. That's my take on it, too. The fact that 'it is obvious' does not help e.g. automated package building at all :) G'luck, Peter -- If this sentence didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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