Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:43:48 +1030 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Perl ports...dependencies required only for `make test` Message-ID: <43B79D4C.7040404@obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <43B385DD.2000909@FreeBSD.org> References: <20051229015922.GA7607@lastamericanempire.com> <43B3741D.1080907@obsecurity.org> <43B385DD.2000909@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> Zach Thompson wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> If a Perl module requires a several additional ports solely for >>> "make test" >>> should they be included in the port's BUILD_DEPENDS? If so, should >>> they be >>> excluded from the RUN_DEPENDS? >> >> At some point I'd like to make running regression tests the norm on >> the package build cluster. I'd say you should add them to >> BUILD_DEPENDS by default. They wouldn't be added to RUN_DEPENDS >> since they are not required after the package is installed. > > > I think regression tests on the cluster is a great idea, but can we > hide this behind PACKAGE_BUILDING or something? As a perl user, I > would not want to have a bunch of dependencies to install and maintain > whose sole purpose is to support tests that I'll never run. > > Doug > Yeah, that's a good idea. Kris
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