Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 19:15:26 -0700 From: Mel Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Tatsuki Makino <tatsuki_makino@hotmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I depend on a flavoured PHP port? The Handbook is wrong?? Message-ID: <776bba3c-0bc1-85a9-8a06-b8ed5ffeb19f@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <PSAPR03MB5639C53D2110B7105DBF802FFAD39@PSAPR03MB5639.apcprd03.prod.outlook.com> References: <7baa71b4-1459-83ae-a532-56e33956dd3a@bluerosetech.com> <PSAPR03MB5639C53D2110B7105DBF802FFAD39@PSAPR03MB5639.apcprd03.prod.outlook.com>
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On 2021-09-06 17:35, Tatsuki Makino wrote:
> Mel Pilgrim wrote on 2021/09/04 09:36:
>> I'm trying to add a dependency on a flavoured PHP application, but the Porter's Handbook (section 7.3.1) instructions don't work. It says to just add "@${PHP_FLAVOR}" but that's an empty variable.
>>
>> I can't add php:flavors to the USES line because that then requires this port be flavoured as if it were itself a PHP application (it's not, it's just a metaport).
>>
>> Adding "php" to USES works, but adds an unnecessary lang/php?? dependency.
>>
>> What I need is the PHP counterpart to python:env, but I can't seem to find it?
>>
>
> The RUN_DEPENDS+= near line 271 of Mk/Uses/php.mk seems to always be executed.
> It would be an excessive dependency if PHP was used as a script just for building.
>
> That's what this is about, isn't it? :)
It's for a metaport that wants to add a flavored PHP port to
RUN_DEPENDS; but yes, needing PHP as a BUILD_DEPEND would probably be
another example.
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