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Date:      Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:10:26 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
Cc:        sam@cassiba.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Be=F1at_Gonzalez_Etxepare?= <bbtruk@users.sourceforge.net>
Subject:   Re: Slave ports
Message-ID:  <4ECAF682.2050400@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4ECADC06.3020403@infracaninophile.co.uk>
References:  <20111108180947.288e9a42.bbtruk@users.sourceforge.net> <4EB9771C.5080006@cassiba.com> <20111119234758.e4a46127.bbtruk@users.sourceforge.net> <4EC8C71B.4070405@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20111121232133.9cf7269a.bbtruk@users.sourceforge.net> <4ECADC06.3020403@infracaninophile.co.uk>

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On 11/21/2011 15:17, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Lets suppose you want the gtk2 version of lazarus, and lets further
> suppose that the two slave ports discussed previously have been created.
> 
> You would write dependency lines in the port Makefile eg. like this:
> 
> BUILD_DEPENDS =	lazarus:${PORTSDIR}/editors/lazarus-gtk2

In spite of its not being documented in bsd.port.mk (hello? portmgr?
anyone?) there is an alternate way to describe the dependency that would
fix this problem:

BUILD_DEPENDS=	lazarus-gtk2>=1.23:${PORTSDIR}/editors/lazarus-gtk2

That tells the dependency tracking to look for a specific installed port
with version >= 1.23, or else build/install it. This method should *not*
be used where it isn't really needed, but it's very useful when it is.


Doug

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