Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:07:49 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Florian Hars <hars@bik-gmbh.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/78944: htdig depends on a very specific apache Message-ID: <423AEEC5.3070101@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <423ADA7A.2030400@bik-gmbh.de> References: <200503171912.j2HJC8wH090706@freefall.freebsd.org> <423ADA7A.2030400@bik-gmbh.de>
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Florian Hars wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
>> It actually doesn't depend on a specific apache, it depends on
>> the value of ${APACHE_PORT}, which on the ports building
>> cluster is (has to be) a specific value.
>
> I tried to install the package, and it did indeed require this and
> only this version of apache, although it doesn't even need any
> apache at all.
The precompiled package of this port has a dependency on a specific version of
Apache. That's the way precompiled software generally works, although some
software is well-enough written to dynamicly check for and include optional
dependencies at runtime.
> This is a serious design error of the ports/packages system.
Listing an optional dependency as being required was the choice of the port's
maintainer. I don't know whether it is the right choice-- that depends on
whether htdig+Apache results in a better or more useable version than htdig
compiled alone, but perhaps Florian would be happier with:
--- ports/textproc/htdig/Makefile~ Fri Mar 18 09:45:08 2005
+++ ports/textproc/htdig/Makefile Fri Mar 18 10:05:20 2005
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
MAINTAINER= DougB@FreeBSD.org
COMMENT= A www indexing and searching system
+.if defined(APACHE_PORT)
RUN_DEPENDS= ${LOCALBASE}/sbin/httpd:${PORTSDIR}/${APACHE_PORT}
+.endif
USE_LIBTOOL_VER=15
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes
+.if defined(APACHE_PORT)
CONFIGURE_ARGS= --with-config-dir=${PREFIX}/etc/htdig \
--with-default-config-file=${PREFIX}/etc/htdig/htdig.conf \
--with-common-dir=${PREFIX}/share/htdig/common \
@@ -32,6 +35,14 @@
--with-image-url-prefix=/icons/htdig \
--with-ssl \
--with-apache=${LOCALBASE}/sbin
+.else
+CONFIGURE_ARGS= --with-config-dir=${PREFIX}/etc/htdig \
+ --with-default-config-file=${PREFIX}/etc/htdig/htdig.conf \
+ --with-common-dir=${PREFIX}/share/htdig/common \
+ --with-database-dir=${PREFIX}/share/htdig/database \
+ --with-image-url-prefix=/icons/htdig \
+ --with-ssl
+.endif
MAN1= htdig.1 htdig-pdfparser.1 htdump.1 htfuzzy.1 htload.1 \
htmerge.1 htnotify.1 htpurge.1 htsearch.1 htstat.1 rundig.1
I haven't tested this to any real extent, but htdig at least compiles without
the dependency on Apache if that is what you want. Of course, you'll have to
deal with integrating htdig with whatever other webserver you want to use
yourself, rather than having the port do so by default.
Seriously, it's not very useful to complain that a precompiled package
generated by someone else isn't perfectly suitable to your needs: the tools
are all there and you are welcome to customize things differently if you prefer.
--
-Chuck
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