Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:48:39 -0400 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Substitute dependencies? Message-ID: <CAF6rxgk51tR2x6W-DP-P93v7=9_JDku9rk7bTsu-UVBbqt9mfg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110918053800.C9264106566B@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918053800.C9264106566B@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Is there any way to substitute dependencies, in cases where the substitute would work as well or better? We do not currently handle this very well. portmaster attempts to emulate this feature by comparing CONFLICTS lines. There have been proposals in the past to deal with this but none have managed to make it into the tree. >Another case I think of is mysql as a dependency when the user might prefer MariaDB or PostgreSQL. This may not always be possible, but I do understand the point you are trying to make -- Eitan Adler
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