Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:17:27 +0100 From: Ian Vaudrey <i.vaudrey@cableinet.co.uk> To: ports@freebsd.org Cc: jfitz@freebsd.org Subject: makedepend port - opinions sought Message-ID: <33F4B957.F2081444@cableinet.co.uk>
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I have ported the version of makedepend that is included with the Cyrus IMAP server distribution. The reason for doing this, even though makedepend is part of the X distribution, is that the Cyrus port will not build if makedepend is not present and I didn't want to have to install X just for that. I presume I'm not alone here, and that's why CMU include the makedepend source in the Cyrus tarball. Before I submit the port, I'd like opinions on it's usefulness outside the context of Cyrus. At the moment the port fetches the Cyrus tarball which weighs in at ~460K. This is not a problem if it's only ever going to be used to build Cyrus because the tarball will still only be fetched once, but if it does have more general application it would obviously make sense to separate out the makedepend sources. These total a rather more lightweight ~30K when tarred and gzipped. So, are there - or are there likely to be - any other ports that do not require X to run but need makedepend to build? Your thoughts would be appreciated. The port is at <http://wkweb1.cableinet.co.uk/i.vaudrey/makedepend/makedepend.tgz>; if anyone wants to take a look at it. - Ian
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