Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:44:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'make -DNO_DEPENDS install' causing error Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710310942060.57165@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20071031163049.GB1145@straylight.m.ringlet.net> References: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710301318110.33134@ync.qbhto.arg> <20071031151850.GA1145@straylight.m.ringlet.net> <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0710310919530.57165@qbhto.arg> <20071031163049.GB1145@straylight.m.ringlet.net>
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:21:54AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Peter Pentchev wrote:
>>
>>> Errr... maybe I should actually take a careful look at portmaster first,
>>> but after a cursory look at portmaster.sh.in... how do you handle the
>>> case of a port installation that executes commands from a runtime
>>> dependency? That is, a runtime dependency that is actually used at
>>> install time, too?
>>
>> That should be a build dependency then. I'll take a look at the example you
>> cited, but my gut feeling is that what you're describing shouldn't happen.
>
> Erm, nope... A build dependency is not meant to modify anything
> on the user's system,
Except building the new port of course. :)
> but the installation process may need to, say, rebuild indexes or
> otherwise update some kind of configuration. Think add-on packages -
> some of them might need some kind of registration in the main package's
> configuration.
>
> At least that's the way I see it, and ICBW, but I think that there are
> various legitimate cases when a run-time dependency ought to be installed
> before the package installation itself.
I guess what I'm getting at is that (as far as I can see) that's not what
happens now. The parent port is installed first, then run depends are
checked. But like I said, I'll take a look at your original example, and
those below.
Thanks,
Doug
> For more examples, take a look at the plist of most X11 fonts (@exec
> fc-cache), most JDK implementations (@exec registervm), most docbook-*
> ports (@exec xmlcatmgr), some GNOME ports like gnomevfs (@exec
> gconftool-2), and many others.
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