Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 18:45:43 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: "Ulrich Spoerlein" <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Cc: "J. Porter Clark" <jpc@porterclark.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to abandon recursive pulling of dependencies? Message-ID: <20070516184543.4b9089e1@deskjail> In-Reply-To: <7ad7ddd90705160928y5c305470oc552cfd70f2ad057@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070516112532.GA23292@auricle.charter.net> <20070516145645.k8elgn5pw8s8wso8@webmail.leidinger.net> <7ad7ddd90705160928y5c305470oc552cfd70f2ad057@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting "Ulrich Spoerlein" <uspoerlein@gmail.com> (Wed, 16 May 2007 18:28:55 +0200): > > The problem not discussed so far is: some ports may not have all first > > order dependencies. So anyone wanting to change this should install a > > tinderbox and start testing fixing those ports. > > Hmmm, this is a red herring, no? A first order dependency is > everything the port specifies in it's _DEPENDS variables. If you > change the internal representation of the tree, keeping the transitive > hull intact (!!) then there should be no user visible change in how > package dependencies are pulled in. Yes and no. It is not only about the package dependency, but also about a "portupgrade -f" or "bumping all ports which depend directly upon lib X". Bye, Alexander. -- Be cautious in your daily affairs. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137
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