Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:37:57 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Package dependency limitations Message-ID: <20010716133757.B10331@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <8377.995281994@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:13:14PM %2B0200 References: <20010716130620.A10331@mithrandr.moria.org> <8377.995281994@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On Mon 2001-07-16 (13:13), Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:06:20 +0200, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > > > No, it needs virtual packages. But wildcard dependencies are useful > > too. > > Well, if "wildcard dependencies" means what I think it does, it'd solve > the problems I'm faced with here. :-) > > Where do I find out about "virtual packages"? "wildcard dependencies" solve version issues (but can be abused to solve some cases that virtual packages solve); they're of the "apache-1.3.*" type. "virtual packages" are the "webserver-1.0" type where "apache-1.3.12" and "thttpd-0.1.2" and "publicfile-0.9" will all suffice. One of my more useful rants is (to freebsd-ports, ask me for copies if you can't find it) <20000909020702.A64259@mithrandr.moria.org>, with a somewhat useful follow-up at <20000909044544.B67715@mithrandr.moria.org>. I use the term "relative versioning", but should be "relative package version dependencies". #3 (port-epoch and port-revision) and #5 (streams, thanks to Maxim) are in. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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