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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 2015 01:43:06 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r392209 - in head/devel: . p5-Minilla
Message-ID:  <20150716014306.GA68880@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <F55E1B42FC419AF2D5795884@atuin.in.mat.cc>
References:  <201507152017.t6FKHElA056017@svnmir.geo.freebsd.org> <F55E1B42FC419AF2D5795884@atuin.in.mat.cc>

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On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:38:33PM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> +--On 15 juillet 2015 20:17:14 +0000 Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org>
> wrote:
> 
> | +RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
> 
> Please, do *not* use := for depends, it is wrong.
> <https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-depend.html>;

Can you clarify on what is wrong with := ?  I've added IMHO quite clear and
elaborate explanation in the PH on the matter, and I don't see the merit of
using MY_DEPENDS at all: it's ugly, it's hard to read, it pollutes namespace
for no sound reason.

People should learn their tools instead of inventing obscure workarounds.

./danfe



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