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Date:      Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:04:10 +0100
From:      Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin Makefile distinfo pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <20040119190410.GB72147@droso.net>
In-Reply-To: <2549890.1074541889@pouet.in.mat.cc>
References:  <200401191544.i0JFib85052132@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040119163258.GB4722@dragon.nuxi.com> <359167705.1074533881@andromede.reaumur.absolight.net> <20040119184544.GB6433@dragon.nuxi.com> <2549890.1074541889@pouet.in.mat.cc>

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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:51:29PM +0100, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> +-Le 19/01/2004 10:45 -0800, David O'Brien =E9crivait :
> |=20
> | Well, I guess that opens up a discussion then.  I don't use many "p5"
> | ports, but I certainly do use SpamAssassin daily.  So I hadn't noticed
> | that they go against the Porters Handbook and 'portlint'.  It is
> | important to keep things all in the proper section so a user like me can
> | know what dependencies there are.  Often I install dependencies from a
> | precompiled package before I add local patches to the "leaf" port that I
> | ultimately want installed.
>=20
> Well, portlint will complain if you do things badly, but it won't complain
> when you do just that.
> perl ports have been done this way for ages, I mean, the normal
> dependencies at the right place, and the dependencies depending on perl
> version at the end. I was told it was the right way to do it when I began
> updating ports, so I though it was the right way.
>=20
I'd say it's the only way, so unless someone finds a better way to make
dependencies conditional, this is the right way.

make -V RUN_DEPENDS will give you the dependencies you want after
evaluating the conditions. I would recommend using this instead of
reading the raw Makefile.

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