Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:35:02 -0700 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu>, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keeping track of automatically installed dependency-only ports Message-ID: <467651C6.503@sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <20070617095556.GD1173@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20070614070602.GD39533@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <200706140714.l5E7EK0U023767@smtpclu-1.eunet.yu> <20070614075418.GA8093@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <200706142322.l5ENMbZt009741@smtpclu-6.eunet.yu> <20070615121125.GH1173@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4673B353.5040006@sasktel.net> <20070616114154.GA56829@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20070617011612.GW1173@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4674AE35.9070000@sasktel.net> <20070617095556.GD1173@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2007-Jun-16 20:44:53 -0700, Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> wrote: > >>> Agreed, but this situation is not easy to detect with the automated >>> ports checks that are in place. >>> >> Impossible even since we're not using automated tools. >> > > I was thinking of pointyhat > The scenario is installing something *not* from ports which relies on a port which was installed as a dependency then removing the port that required the dependency. The proposed feature would remove the dependency also. >> Of course, simply not automatically deinstalling SDL would help out quite a >> bit. If I decide to remove SDL, all the results of that are my fault. If >> removing portXXX also removes SDL, I can blame the ports system for removing >> stuff out from under me. >> > > A normal 'pkg_delete' will not remove any ports other than those > specified and will only remove the port(s) specified iff those ports > have no other ports depending on them. If portXYZ registers a > dependency on SDL then it will not be possible to remove SDL without > disabling the dependency check (via '-f'). The problematic scenario > is where the GNU configure script (or equivalent) for portXYZ senses > the presence of SDL and decides to use it even though the port doesn't > list SDL as a dependency. > Two things.... 1) The suggestion is that pkg_delete SHOULD remove dependencies with no other dependencies marked. 2) The scenario I used was not a port, but a 3rd party piece of software.
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