From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 12 0:10:52 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 00:10:50 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from ringworld.nanolink.com (ringworld.nanolink.com [195.24.48.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3051637B402 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:10:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1815 invoked by uid 1000); 12 Dec 2000 08:10:00 -0000 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 10:09:59 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev To: Vivek Khera Cc: Espen Skoglund , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/23346: Add missing dependency for unzip to the xmms port Message-ID: <20001212100959.A424@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Mail-Followup-To: Vivek Khera , Espen Skoglund , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org References: <200012111950.eBBJo4063800@freefall.freebsd.org> <14901.12684.53713.361510@onceler.kciLink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <14901.12684.53713.361510@onceler.kciLink.com>; from khera@kciLink.com on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:57:00PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:57:00PM -0500, Vivek Khera wrote: > >>>>> "ES" == Espen Skoglund writes: > > >> result, on a default install skin files do not work and cause a > >> "unzip: command not found" error to be printed on standard output. > > ES> Hmm. I'm wondering if we really want this dependency. I mean, the > ES> port has loads of dependencies as it is, and I'd hate to put even more > > If a program _requires_ another during build, then by definition it _is_ > a build-time dependency and should be specified as so in the port. That's my take on it, too. The fact that 'it is obvious' does not help e.g. automated package building at all :) G'luck, Peter -- If this sentence didn't exist, somebody would have invented it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message