Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:38:49 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compile-only dependencies; am I rehashing an old debate? Message-ID: <20030312193849.GA87298@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030312132351.O13626@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20030312132351.O13626@odysseus.silby.com>
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--wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:26:05PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: >=20 > Sorry if this is some old debate / unfinished feature, but it just occured > to me that some port dependencies are actually only relevent at compile > time, not afterwards. For example, I was just clearing away an old imake, > and was warned that half a bazillion packages needed it. However, it was > clear they they only needed it to _build_, not to run. I have a feeling > that this same problem applies to a decent number of other packages. Do > the ports makefiles have any provision for creating compile-only > dependencies? That's what BUILD_DEPENDS is for. They can be removed after installation if you want. Kris --wac7ysb48OaltWcw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+b4zIWry0BWjoQKURAmKcAJ4yWPVpBKU86Pf8MdiheM0igh0SvACePOmr Y6okONX+xd6vqhaIZHawC64= =9fiF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wac7ysb48OaltWcw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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