Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:36:33 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Manually registering dependencies for ports Message-ID: <20100608123633.0804917b@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <4C0D26A5.0@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4C0C34FC.4030603@gibfest.dk> <4C0C3A5B.8010707@missouri.edu> <4C0C3D5F.2070204@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C403B.4000005@missouri.edu> <4C0C4306.205@FreeBSD.org> <4C0C43A3.6050100@missouri.edu> <4C0C4709.5000504@missouri.edu> <4C0CA591.20307@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100607173439.7e9484d7@gumby.homeunix.com> <4C0D26A5.0@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:04:37 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/06/2010 17:34:39, RW wrote: > > If it's a metaport then it does have an origin. > > It certainly needs an origin if some other port is going to depend on > it. Which is usually the case for metaports, but not necessarily so. A metaport is a port and has an origin by definition. What you are referring to is a metapackage.
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