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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:23:52 +0200
cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote:

> IIRC, it's portmanager that patches bsd.port.mk on the fly
> (and backs the change out when it is done). Or it did so a
> while ago; I don't know if it still does today.
> 
> Try to update portmanager, or use something else like portmaster
> or portupgrade, if updating portmanager didn't work.
> 
Portmanger acquired this feature just before Schultz went off in a
huff. 

What it does is is patch bsd.port.mk so that it calls back
into portmanager allowing it to modify dependencies. I haven't 
checked the code, but since I've not seen any evidence of
portmanager trying to modify dependencies in the last few years, I
suspect that the support for the callback is just a stub. If that's
true then using an unpatched file is harmless.