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Date:      Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:26:05 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Compile-only dependencies; am I rehashing an old debate?
Message-ID:  <20030312132351.O13626@odysseus.silby.com>

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Sorry if this is some old debate / unfinished feature, but it just occured
to me that some port dependencies are actually only relevent at compile
time, not afterwards.  For example, I was just clearing away an old imake,
and was warned that half a bazillion packages needed it.  However, it was
clear they they only needed it to _build_, not to run.  I have a feeling
that this same problem applies to a decent number of other packages.  Do
the ports makefiles have any provision for creating compile-only
dependencies?

Just curious,

Mike "Silby" Silbersack

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