From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 13 20:16:46 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 99C601BA for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:16:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x22a.google.com (mail-pa0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7213C2C4F for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:16:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id kx10so182932pab.15 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:16:46 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=y79A5OS20ALh0nx0k4HPE118ETEbYizG2XobRKIUHtY=; b=PRqOHCTZtHgPErQNZQvZHthNbc5PC9HDMkTL+tC+HDxQhcoWQ+7is95sVPwdo+zX5b gqDSFsKFmhCB4PuSOahKOhm14mkI/cG9nEvHXH9/xMvCiWaMNKhEFlEmgepsdTZ1fbzL vBILYaxHwtr84iOTQgDdg9yDIMykVsVfMqrZhF7iv0kNwgNk8XxsB4R7/SBC4ck5Xu23 Xd8rb5tlGBWHY93dw8R6lSnkYVzhhPzF7nsr23WeDPpTbtJ+3X2faMqyFrxYf1fprkLi midt9v0CV0kX6GfJtxuxrNX5XENA/GAJ4fkHnHasdVm2uqullcHtmWZFzqiQjwnR8ZnO glsQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.144.102 with SMTP id sl6mr43566040pab.96.1384373805990; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:16:45 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.67.23.101 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:16:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <44wqkd9rqt.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <441u2lb9po.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <44wqkd9rqt.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:16:45 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bptrU_lS4f15nGRJk29tibzSu9Q Message-ID: Subject: Re: Best way to make the port install another port From: Kevin Oberman To: Lowell Gilbert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.16 Cc: FreeBSD Ports ML X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:16:46 -0000 On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-ports-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Big Lebowski writes: > > > Yes, that was exactly the case - I know about these options, and I know > how > > to use them, but somehow RUN_DEPENDS doesnt feel right here. The original > > port is a standalone piece of software, that can perfectly run without > the > > second one. The second one happens to be developed very closely with > first > > one, and its a commandline tool for it (but there are other ways to > access > > and work on the original port). Therefore RUN_DEPENDS sounds wrong. > > But if that's what should be used, I'll do so. > > Look at it this way; the *option* depends on the second port. > > Take a look at the Makefile for any of the big multimedia ports like vlc or mplayer. They have a long list of options for different codecs, most of which create added RUN_DEPENDS. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com