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From: Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: Help. Porting "FreeOCL" fails (atomic_ops.h missing, CLANG++
 libc++ issues ...)
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On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 13:14 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
> I tried to add
> 
> RUN_DEPENDS=
> ${LOCALBASE}/lib/libatomic_ops.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libatomic_ops
> 
> to my provided Makefile, but this doesn't install the port
> devel/libatomic_ops.
> This is weird and inconsistent. I follow exact the steps suggested in
> the Porter's handbook, the _DEPENDS= section. The above RUN_DEPENDS=
> tag
> should ensure a check for the existence of the static library
> 
> /usr/local/lib/libatomic_ops.a
> 
> and if not existent, then install it. It doesn't work. Unfortunately,
> LIB_DEPENDS is considered for "shared libraries", so it isn't
> suitable.
> But LIB_DEPENDS get recognized, even if it fails, while RUN_DEPENDS
> seems not to be touched by the build process anyway ... 

I am SO not a ports expert, but I think maybe for a static lib you need
BUILD_DEPENDS because it has to be available at build-time rather than
run-time.

-- Ian