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Date:      Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:52:50 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DEPENDS -- is it time to remove it?
Message-ID:  <cb5206420701050952k2a6943bfy7b16e4a2c4d9673a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070105173738.2f4d86c4@gumby.homeunix.com>
References:  <459D08CA.7060104@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20070105173738.2f4d86c4@gumby.homeunix.com>

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On 1/5/07, RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote:
> Isn't DEPENDS still a sensible way of making
> one metaport depend on another. For example
> if someone wanted to create a personal desk-
> top metaport that depends on KDE, xorg etc.

People need programs, not ports. It's more
sensible to run_depend on files than just on
ports.



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