Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:05:26 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC/P] Port System Re-Engineering Message-ID: <op.t2sivct29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920712031823l6692a0b8s4dfba7096339388e@mail.gmail.com> References: <BDFE616B01457E0B71D9FD2F@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <47547FEE.9040405@gmail.com> <CF7CA160EBCB18FB5A6E7ECB@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <475489E4.2050704@gmail.com> <20071204014805.24d2f25f@gumby.homeunix.com.> <bef9a7920712031823l6692a0b8s4dfba7096339388e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:23:20 -0600, Aryeh Friedman = <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Having said that dependencies often do depend on the order the leaves= >> are installed, because some ports will use alternate dependencies >> according to what's already there. It makes things a lot easier to >> maintain. >> _______________________________________________ > > btw xdm is not the worst offender for example if you install abiword > after installing gnome it will not start but if you install it before > hand then install gnome no issue Have you report this to gnome@FreeBSD.org yet? The abiword port will = enable with GNOME option by default if GNOME exists in system, but you c= an = avoid that by use WITHOUT_GNOME=3Dyes. You want to rewrite ports system = = because of this? Cheers, Mezz -- = mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org
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