Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:36:45 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: package dependencies Message-ID: <20010115163645.D1294@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010115163322.F5581@nevermind.kiev.ua>; from never@nevermind.kiev.ua on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 04:33:22PM %2B0200 References: <20010115163322.F5581@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 04:33:22PM +0200, Nevermind wrote:
> Dear Sirs,
>
> I'm thinking about adding to packages the same functionality as ports do, I
> mean automatic retrieving all dependencies (pkg_add -r).
>
> I mean that we somehow should know what other packages another packages depends
> on. We could do this by adding <pkg_name>.pkgdep which should contain all
> dependencies. Also we should be able to have an ability to choose if we want to
> build required package from port or also download binary package.
>
> Just an idea, I'm not a volounteer, but I can help to formulate requirements.
From the pkg_add(1) manpage:
-f Force installation to proceed even if prerequisite packages are
not installed or the requirements script fails. Although pkg_add
will still try to find and auto-install missing prerequisite
packages, a failure to find one will not be fatal.
Looks like this functionality is already implemented..
G'luck,
Peter
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