Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:34:36 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, lioux@freebsd.org, kde@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] Obsolete use of DEPENDS? Message-ID: <20060128233436.GA40826@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <43DBFECD.3020509@freebsd.org> References: <20060128223609.GA39096@xor.obsecurity.org> <43DBFECD.3020509@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 12:31:25AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> Kris Kennaway schrieb:
> > It seems to me that the DEPENDS variable is obsolete - thesedays it
> > can be replaced more usefully and correctly by the other *_DEPENDS
> > variables. It's still in use by a handful of ports:
> >=20
> > ./x11/kdelibs3/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier
> > ./audio/klira/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier
> > ./www/caudium12/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pexts/
> > ./lang/pm3-forms/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> > ./lang/pm3-gui/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> > ./lang/pm3-net/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> > ./lang/pm3-m3tk/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> > ./lang/pm3-netobj/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> > ./print/virtualpaper/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con=
figure
> >=20
> > Is it actually necessary, or can it be removed?
>=20
> It's the easiest and most reliable way of depending on kdehier - in
> particular because it doesn't require a particular file to depend on. It
> could probably be replaced by RUN_DEPENDS+BUILD_DEPENDS if it were to go
> away though.
The main problem with it is that it adds to FETCH_DEPENDS,
PATCH_DEPENDS and EXTRACT_DEPENDS too, which are usually bogus. I'd
prefer to find a better way to do it.
Kris
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