Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:23:44 -0600 From: "John Marino (FreeBSD)" <freebsd@marino.st> To: Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> Cc: jonc@chen.org.nz, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installed audio/alsa-plugins and dependencies Message-ID: <CAONZFgMgis%2B%2BpNg_kX3wbTep2ziVCWE13NHNTP9Fi7U4Cqvq-Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cysq-di47-wny@FreeBSD.org> References: <eddc-lg8j-wny@FreeBSD.org> <641ffb1d-1a6a-46bc-81ce-1daba2dec27b@chen.org.nz> <1b27f0f5d3062493151897d85e562740@chen.org.nz> <cysq-di47-wny@FreeBSD.org>
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I get it now.
e.g LIB_DEPENDS.speex=3D ${LIB_DEPENDS} libspeexdsp.so:audio/speexdsp
This is saying the speex subpackage needs speexdsp.
Let me look at this more in depth.
On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 1:57=E2=80=AFPM Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrot=
e:
>
> jonc@chen.org.nz writes:
>
> >>> It appears to be missing the SUBPACKAGE dependencies. Is this
> >>> intentional, or a bug?
> >>
> >> Intentional. See pkg-message:
> >>
> >> Plugins with extra dependencies moved into subpackages:
> >> - alsa-plugins-ffmpeg
> >> - alsa-plugins-jack
> >> - alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
> >> - alsa-plugins-samplerate
> >> - alsa-plugins-speex
> >
> > In my opinion, that's _not_ correct. When we install any
> > non-SUBPACKAGE package, anything listed in LIB_DEPENDS or USES are
> > automatically listed as package dependencies. However, if I install
> > audio/alsa-plugins, the only way I know what dependencies are required
> > is to by consulting /usr/ports/audio/alsa-plugins/Makefile. And if
> > audio/alsa-plugins was to be compiled with non-standard OPTIONS, it's
> > impossible to tell what dependencies are _actually_ required.
>
> Port dependencies are not package dependencies. With subpackages a
> single port can build multiple packages. As such, runtime dependencies[1]
> and files are split between multiple packages. However, all build-only
> dependencies are shared and not recorded in binary packages. When you
> build from ports you build every subpackage[2], so you need to use
> options to limit dependencies.
>
> If you want to install only "alsa-plugins" (aka "main" subpackage)
> without extra plugins/dependencies just do it like before with all port
> options unset.
>
> [1] what "make run-depends-list" shows
> [2] until https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43789
>
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