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Date:      Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:07:41 +0100
From:      Paul Schenkeveld <fb-ports@psconsult.nl>
To:        freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: DEPENDS -- is it time to remove it?
Message-ID:  <20071211140741.GA76594@psconsult.nl>
In-Reply-To: <475E933B.30405@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <459D08CA.7060104@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20070105173738.2f4d86c4@gumby.homeunix.com> <cb5206420701050952k2a6943bfy7b16e4a2c4d9673a@mail.gmail.com> <20070105202810.010d4bea@gumby.homeunix.com> <20071211103330.GA69937@psconsult.nl> <790a9fff0712110535w361308bu3e93de636d0e048e@mail.gmail.com> <475E933B.30405@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 02:40:11PM +0100, Gabor Kovesdan wrote:
> Scot Hetzel escribió:
> >On 12/11/07, Paul Schenkeveld <fb-ports@psconsult.nl> wrote:
> >  
> >>So now I have a need for a metaport to depend on another metaport.
> >>Without DEPENDS, how do I accomplish that.  Using RUN_DEPENDS with
> >>${NONEXISTENT} seems not appropriate here, the Porters Handbook says
> >>that this should only be used to pull in source, not to install another
> >>metaport (unless it is already installed) and the effect of using
> >>something like RUN_DEPENDS=${NONEXISTENT}:${PORTSDIR}/lang/php5-extensions
> >>causes make install to try installing php5-extensions even when this port
> >>is already installed.
> >>
> >>The two metaport I need to depend on are php5-extensions and
> >>xorg-drivers and I really don't want to copy the OPTIONS processing of
> >>these ports and maintain that in the future.
> >>
> >>    
> >
> >For xorg-drivers you simply use:
> >
> >RUN_DEPENDS= 
> >${LOCALBASE}/libdata/xorg/drivers:${PORTSDIR}/x11-drivers/xorg-drivers
> >
> >to get this to work for php5-extensions, you would need to patch the
> >Makefile with:
> >
> >PLIST_FILES= libdata/php5/extensions
> >PLIST_DIR= libdata/php5
> >
> >do-install:
> >                ${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/libdata/php5
> >                ${TOUCH} ${PREFIX}/libdata/php5/extensions
> >
> >Then you could use:
> >
> >RUN_DEPENDS= 
> >${LOCALBASE}/libdata/php5/extensions:${PORTSDIR}/lang/php5-extensions
> >  
> Or what about just depending on the specific components of 
> php5-extensions? This would reasult in more lines, but would give you a 
> better way to fine-tune the dependencies and won't result in 
> unnecessarily installed ports for the user. Or do you really need the 
> whole bunch of extensions that php5-extensions offers?

No, I want to use the OPTIONS facility of php5-extensions so I cannot
depend on individual ports as each individual port may be disabled
during make config.

-- Paul Schenkeveld



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