Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 00:17:21 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Ade Lovett <ade@lovett.com> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gd requiring X (was Re: skip requires X?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002040014490.23833-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <20000203162952.B15558@lovett.com>
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Ade Lovett wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 10:37:17AM -0800, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrote:
> >
> > Figuring out the chain of dependencies could be messy though. We need
> > to make sure the user won't end up with a gnome-disabled foo and
> > gnome-enabled bar when bar depends on foo (or something like that).
>
> For packages, it should be a (relatively) straightforward hack such
> that if we're installing "bar-gnome", we should first try to install
> "foo-gnome" as a dependent, falling back to plain old "foo"
> (possibly with a warning) if one isn't found.
>
> For ports, bar-gnome simply has a dependency on ${PORTSDIR}/xxx/foo-gnome,
> which sets WITH_GNOME=YES and includes xxx/foo
What about some ports that have multiple, even 4 or five optional
dependencies. These *do* exist. Your naming plan isn't going to cover
that, and think about just how many packages what you propose *really* is
going to cause. It's not just a doubling.
>
> The big disadvantage I can see, especially for those ports with basic
> X11, GTK _and_ GNOME personalities is a fairly major increase in the
> number of ports.
>
> It would be useful to have the infrastructure in place for such
> multiple-personality ports sooner rather than later. We're starting
> to get a large number of ports that have optional dependencies on one
> thing or another, all done in a variety of different ways :(
>
> -aDe
>
>
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