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Date:      Thu, 29 Dec 2005 18:08:02 +1100
From:      Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Perl ports...dependencies required only for `make test`
Message-ID:  <B01F1BBC-650B-452C-8C4D-0C713523E74A@brooknet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <43B385DD.2000909@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20051229015922.GA7607@lastamericanempire.com> <43B3741D.1080907@obsecurity.org> <43B385DD.2000909@FreeBSD.org>

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On 29/12/2005, at 5:44 PM, 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.
>

Sounds like a candidate for KNOBS, eg WITH_TESTS.





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