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Date:      Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:44:56 +0200
From:      Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org>
To:        Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, Pav Lucistnik <pav@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.port.mk
Message-ID:  <200708032144.57558.lofi@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20070803125410.GB1062@tirith.brixandersen.dk>
References:  <200706281553.l5SFr56i099807@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070802181715.46yikycm8gc8g8kk@webmail.leidinger.net> <20070803125410.GB1062@tirith.brixandersen.dk>

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On Friday, 3. August 2007, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 06:17:15PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > Quoting Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> (from Thu, 2 Aug
> > 2007
> >
> > 16:17:10 +0200):
> >>> Feature:
> >>>  - allow to only register explicit dependencies, disabled by default
> >>>    (EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS=3Dwhatever_you_want)
> >>
> >> Can you elaborate a bit on this new EXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS feature?
> >> Perhaps give a usage example or two? :)
> >
> > What about diffing the output of "make actual-package-depends" and "make
> > actual-package-depends -DEXPLICIT_PACKAGE_DEPENDS"?
> >
> > Simple Example:
> >
> > Port A depends upon B
> > Port B depends upon C
> >
> > Without the feature:
> >  Port A registers dependencies to ports B and C
> >
> > With the feature:
> >  Port A registers dependendcy to ports B
>
> Great, then it's just the feature I needed :) Thank you for the
> explanation.

Not sure this can work reliably enough to be usefule at present, at least f=
or=20
the specific scenario of avoiding unnecessary recompilations. I think there=
=20
are just too many ports with implicit dependencies, especially in the=20
KDE/GNOME domain.


Cheers,
=2D-=20
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