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Date:      Sun, 4 Feb 2007 15:48:08 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Gerald Pfeifer" <gerald@pfeifer.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: LIB_DEPENDS not really required for build?
Message-ID:  <cb5206420702040448j440930efi8c624dbb48abd88@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0702041324130.10525@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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On 2/4/07, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> > You should take another look at the excerpt you
> > posted. Looks like portsdir has been redefined.
>
> Yes, PORTSDIR has been redefined to point to where my ports reside. ;-)
>
> I fully understand that I am missing these dependencies.  They simply do
> not exist on that system.
>
> My complaint is that the build should stop immediately, with a clear error
> message, instead of forging ahead and silently do the wrong thing or fail
> at a later stage, during build, installation, or run-time.

It's been written in big red letters that partial/broken
ports trees are not supported.



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