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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2006 00:42:10 +0100
From:      RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports structure -- problem with pkgtools.conf
Message-ID:  <200605100042.12593.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
In-Reply-To: <p06230927c086afe16971@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <790a9fff0605090831o4e8efbaarf53ca844bb348758@mail.gmail.com> <p06230927c086afe16971@[128.113.24.47]>

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On Tuesday 09 May 2006 21:50, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> At 10:31 AM -0500 5/9/06, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> >The problem with pkgtools.conf (and all the other port
> >management tools) is that it only works for the port
> >that you are currently building.  If that port has
> >dependancies, the settings in pkgtools.conf for the
> >dependancies are not applied to the dependent port.
> >Instead you need to build the dependent ports first.
> >
> >Where as putting the variable into make.conf, will
> >allow the dependent port to always build with that
> >setting.
>
> Hmm.
>
> I don't think I have been bitten by this, but then I
> usually do a 'portupgrade -Rr -n' check on whatever I
> want to build, so I can see what dependencies need to
> be rebuilt first.  Is this really a problem that other
> people have hit frequently?

The problem only occurs when a dependency is built the first time. 

I wouldn't expect this to be particularly noticable. The most significant 
options tend to be in leaf-ports, and important  options in dependencies tend 
to translate into slave-ports. 



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