Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:17:59 +0100 From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie creating a port: tracing dependencies Message-ID: <20061204201759.GA76749@heechee.tobez.org> In-Reply-To: <45747E97.6040505@locolomo.org> References: <45747E97.6040505@locolomo.org>
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On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 09:01:27PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Ok, source compiles fine although I haven't tested it also works. But: I > created this port on my working laptop which has a bunch of other apps. > > So I was wondering, how do I figure out direct dependencies? And how do > I figure out whether these should be LIB_DEPENDS, BUILD_DEPENDS or > RUN_DEPENDS or some other? > > Is there a trick to trace the dependencies, and figure out which port > provides that dependency? - except for building on a clean machine and > install stuff until things work? I would suggest a clean jail on the same machine. It is easy and fast to set up such a configuration (and keep it clean for the future porting work, as well). \Anton. -- We're going for 'working' here. 'clean' is for people with skills... -- Flemming Jacobsen
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