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Subject: Re: Perl ports...dependencies required only for `make test`
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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.

Kris