Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 23:00:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ports system *rocks* (was: CVSup conceptual question) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910132254530.96187-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <871zayvcps.fsf_-_@main.wgaf.net>
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Hi, On 13 Oct 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Q: How do I find out what other ports does a port depend on? Easy - cd to the port you want to install and read the Makefile - there are three (actually 4) kinds of dependencies BUILD_DEPENDS - these ports are needed to build the port RUN_DEPENDS - these ports are needed to run the port LIB_DEPENDS - these ports libraries are needed for the port DEPENDS - if something manages to fall through the cracks of the above 3 Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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