Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:40:11 +0100 From: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> To: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: DEPENDS -- is it time to remove it? Message-ID: <475E933B.30405@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0712110535w361308bu3e93de636d0e048e@mail.gmail.com> References: <459D08CA.7060104@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20070105173738.2f4d86c4@gumby.homeunix.com> <cb5206420701050952k2a6943bfy7b16e4a2c4d9673a@mail.gmail.com> <20070105202810.010d4bea@gumby.homeunix.com> <20071211103330.GA69937@psconsult.nl> <790a9fff0712110535w361308bu3e93de636d0e048e@mail.gmail.com>
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Scot Hetzel escribió:
> On 12/11/07, Paul Schenkeveld <fb-ports@psconsult.nl> wrote:
>
>> So now I have a need for a metaport to depend on another metaport.
>> Without DEPENDS, how do I accomplish that. Using RUN_DEPENDS with
>> ${NONEXISTENT} seems not appropriate here, the Porters Handbook says
>> that this should only be used to pull in source, not to install another
>> metaport (unless it is already installed) and the effect of using
>> something like RUN_DEPENDS=${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/lang/php5-extensions
>> causes make install to try installing php5-extensions even when this port
>> is already installed.
>>
>> The two metaport I need to depend on are php5-extensions and
>> xorg-drivers and I really don't want to copy the OPTIONS processing of
>> these ports and maintain that in the future.
>>
>>
>
> For xorg-drivers you simply use:
>
> RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/xorg/drivers:${PORTSDIR}/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers
>
> to get this to work for php5-extensions, you would need to patch the
> Makefile with:
>
> PLIST_FILES= libdata/php5/extensions
> PLIST_DIR= libdata/php5
>
> do-install:
> ${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/libdata/php5
> ${TOUCH} ${PREFIX}/libdata/php5/extensions
>
> Then you could use:
>
> RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/libdata/php5/extensions:${PORTSDIR}/lang/php5-extensions
>
Or what about just depending on the specific components of
php5-extensions? This would reasult in more lines, but would give you a
better way to fine-tune the dependencies and won't result in
unnecessarily installed ports for the user. Or do you really need the
whole bunch of extensions that php5-extensions offers?
--
Gabor Kovesdan
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