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Date:      Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:27:50 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu>
Cc:        Thomas Rasmussen <thomas@gibfest.dk>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Manually registering dependencies for ports
Message-ID:  <4C0E4556.4070301@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 07/06/2010 08:53:53, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> So, you're creating your own meta-port that exists only to be depended
> on by the ports you specifically want to have installed?  That's a
> really good idea.  You might need to fill out the contents of your
> "wanted-ports" meta-port a bit more, but the concept seems sound to me.

Actually, I thought this was a good enough idea that I had a go at
implementing it.  My first cut at doing this is available at:

   http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/wanted-ports.shar

What do people think?  Unless this meets with utter horror or there are
some horrendous bugs, I'll tidy it up, add a man page and submit it as a
new port in a week or so.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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