From owner-freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Sat Jul 16 16:00:17 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pkg@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8483FB9B22F for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:00:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teddyg522@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x22f.google.com (mail-qt0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D9741C6A; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:00:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teddyg522@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id 52so73721487qtq.3; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:00:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=JtKd5HYzb8q+2csI2xNuo8Kzoz1/HHcrhfDNoA4wbLo=; b=SoIBk82xF6kzN8O5I3O7o/38bQkShdtZlfw/J7d6PkTVKTbR8dH1IpBPhYfKSVQKZl di5uonalNYaME1biQLlNnVz4dFOlOkcKoDIjhlP2kTSEDuROroefCc5EJzIOZyAsf83K AciZmlvjiy3hi5mNNJkWBZoQ5xUEtTVt5ZzW0FGylgNofZV1SEUolsNVJ25RBvl0cfW0 X2rf7/fUQqt5ncSLZePIeuW/j2mE9r1EwgoG0YhUWczEfwZZkVbGxUIxk0jmxI/B8lT0 CQxO6rmMn7ThSpoe1uzKeBffftrdaERyyS0/2joREv2YJuLNotaw4tp8RcQUgxq/SAJo 6joA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=JtKd5HYzb8q+2csI2xNuo8Kzoz1/HHcrhfDNoA4wbLo=; b=Sf5ywxcaXCrfAH46w4rGLq3r3T5MoDEbuVcvKdej90mSGw+L8GRC4O6SRhqTs1jbbR AqBP+lUeprucD0pCjrmWH7asUpIJs1D4JrU803EMHI1UgNc5Wi5fqhl15TlSx88Bh0Fv UBGk6a6Dv6bJb0NEBKmNmUXSGE1Ya2KUnVsNGlTSxnXeemySzdrs4Hq1Rcz2Iz4jIXs7 kWEHYaMhWhfOrcOxWERM22iGJzNvxd6Bkjy+w2l3lsk9PGPzcutexhW8toWxlyLa2asN MLw2V8g/ZQH1rP6XpVYrUmy8qdqyZnvEciKEU82k85PfzIY2gisARQTXejSbwVfDPGA6 iIyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJq4Xrxea5mYB+xp/xtWNoPQKHQnfTwFMVxC/msov0P/ufTmrgR2jyL645mrr0f2prjvERJC+ngOWA2Uw== X-Received: by 10.200.53.237 with SMTP id l42mr39291159qtb.84.1468684816177; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:00:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.50.74 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:00:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160716151339.lvco3nmctrrk6h7s@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <20160716151339.lvco3nmctrrk6h7s@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> From: Atomic Beef Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:00:15 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: State of Provides/Requires To: Baptiste Daroussin Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Binary package management and package tools discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 16:00:17 -0000 On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > Provides/Requires has been added in pkg around 1.4 (iirc) > > They are not perfect and we would prefer to use what we call flexible > dependencies instead. that said flexible dependencies are not any close to > be > implemented. So I think we should use current provides/requires mechanism > in the > mean time. > > To use them the only issue in on the ports tree itself > > Best regards, > Bapt > What are the differences between flexible dependencies and the current provides/requires implementation? What needs to be done to the ports tree to allow for the use of provides/requires? Thanks, Ted