Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:28:47 +0100 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEPENDS -- is it time to remove it? Message-ID: <20070105082847.GR16049@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <20070105081306.GA74111@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> References: <459D08CA.7060104@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20070104150520.GF16049@droso.net> <20070105081306.GA74111@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
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--ef8eQmdvO1j1gFMO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 10:13:06AM +0200, Vasil Dimov wrote: > On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 16:05:21 +0100, Erwin Lansing wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 02:01:46PM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > >=20 > > > Dear all, > > >=20 > > > The ports make infrastructure has a whole series of variables for sho= wing > > > how one port depends on another: LIB_DEPENDS, BUILD_DEPENDS, RUN_DEPE= NDS > > > etc. Amongst these is what looks to me like the vestigial remnant of > > > an earlier phase of the ports: the plain, unmodified 'DEPENDS' variab= le. > > >=20 > > There is also a PR against this: ports/99724. Unfortunately, it hasn't > > made it into an -exp run on pointyhat yet as other patches had higher > > priority. It is on the TODO-list however, you are completely right that > > it should be removed. >=20 > One thing that can be done in the meantime is to remove DEPENDS from > those 3 ports that still use it. So things are nice and tidy when time > comes to edit bsd.port.mk. >=20 Yes! It would be great if someone could do that. One of them was already patched yesterday, so only two remaining. A followup to the PR would be great as well once that's done, so portmgr won't wonder about the patches included there when they start testing it. Cheers, -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@lansing.dk --ef8eQmdvO1j1gFMO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFngw/qy9aWxUlaZARAilbAKCoqwpPL1PfC5bn9JUpw57KS01oygCfSQ1i 22TnSdyfmN5ReUlZC5tG+nM= =pJLZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ef8eQmdvO1j1gFMO--
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