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Date:      Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:24:38 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Dependencies' list problem
Message-ID:  <3CA092B6.3715D0BE@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20020326144530.E301@straylight.oblivion.bg> <3CA08ECB.2CD005C6@FreeBSD.org> <20020326171538.B341@straylight.oblivion.bg>

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Peter Pentchev wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:07:55PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> > Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We've got a problem :)
> > >
> > > The ALL-DEPENDS-LIST variable that is defined in bsd.port.mk lists
> > > (recursively) a port's dependencies, keeping a list of those processed
> > > and only adding new ones when they are not already in the list.
> > >
> > > Or is that right?
> > >
> > > [roam@straylight:v1 /usr/ports/x11/gnomecore]$ make all-depends-list | fgrep gettext
> > > /usr/ports/devel/gettext
> > > /usr/ports/devel/gettext-old
> > > [roam@straylight:v1 /usr/ports/x11/gnomecore]$ cd ../../devel/bonobo-conf/
> > > [roam@straylight:v1 /usr/ports/devel/bonobo-conf]$ make all-depends-list | fgrep gettext
> > > /usr/ports/devel/gettext-old
> > > [roam@straylight:v1 /usr/ports/devel/bonobo-conf]$
> > >
> > > As you can see, devel/bonobo-conf, which depends on gnomecore, does NOT
> > > list devel/gettext as a dependency.  The reason?  Simple:
> > > ALL-DEPENDS-LIST uses ${GREP} -qwv (bsd.port.mk, line 3050), and grep(1)
> > > treats '-' as a word separator, thus stating that 'devel/gettext' is
> > > contained within 'devel/gettext-old' and need not be added to the list
> > > of dependencies.
> > >
> > > How to repeat - either issue the commands above, or simply issue a
> > > 'make fetch-recursive' in ports/mail/evolution and watch it NOT fetch
> > > gettext-0.11.0..
> >
> > You are wrong. bonobo-conf doesn't require gettext to build or run,
> > but requires gettext-old to run properly. Evolution requires gettext
> > for building and gettext-old for building and running, therefore you
> > see what you see.
> 
> Erm.. shouldn't 'make fetch-recursive' fetch all the files needed by
> this port *and all its dependencies*?  In other words, fetch all the
> distfiles that would be needed for a build on a pristine installation,
> with absolutely no packages installed?  In this case, I want to do the
> fetch once (slow dial-up connection from home, etc) for all the ports
> that will need to be updated; IMHO, msgfmt-new is a dependency - albeit
> somewhat indirect - too..
> 
> Maybe I am somehow misinterpreting the meaning of 'fetch-recursive';
> in that case, it would seem that the behavior until now has been the
> fortunate result of a glitch :)

Oh, I see the problem now. Please disregard my previous message. Looks
like a bug.

-Maxim

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