Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:28:42 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: corky1951@comcast.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Superfluous dependencies Message-ID: <4D7C2BDA.4030407@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4d7c2841.Luv9s8bmxfYBYXYS%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <AANLkTik65O3gbUoVBM-YbjWu0dpq0OuNn2KoUaC5b5ov@mail.gmail.com> <4D76426A.2010006@secnap.com> <AANLkTi=j7fR%2BRm4Fy14Q_KPDyE%2B7%2BO_d3pd3Yaek=kJG@mail.gmail.com> <20110312215307.GB26099@lonesome.com> <20110312221233.GD79028@comcast.net> <4d7c2841.Luv9s8bmxfYBYXYS%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On 03/12/2011 18:13, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Charlie Kester<corky1951@comcast.net> wrote: > >> A few minutes ago, I was answering a post on the forums, in which >> a user expressed surprise (and outrage) that the phpmyadmin port >> was installing libX11 and similar things on his server. By >> installing it myself and then using "pkg_tree -v" to examine the >> dependencies, I was able to narrow it down to two of the port's >> options that were ON by default. >> >> I'm not aware of any tool that will display a similar dependency >> tree for a port *before* it is installed. "make all-depends-list" >> creates exactly what it suggests, a list, and doesn't show any >> of the hierarchical info that is needed to answer questions like >> the one I was working on. If there is such a tool, I'd love to >> hear about it. > > Would something along the lines of "make -n fetch-recursive" > help at all? I would expect it to walk the dependency tree > in a predictable order. The problem with the pre-existing targets is that they do not take the user's choices in OPTIONS into account. portmaster's technique (while not perfect) at least does that. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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