Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:48:41 -0500 From: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (Very) bogus package dependencies Message-ID: <E1J0UCf-000HZv-Af@[24.61.20.41]> In-Reply-To: <E1J0TxL-000J4O-8V@[24.61.20.41]> (message from Alex Goncharov on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:32:51 -0500) References: <E1J0Q3W-0000NQ-D9@[24.61.20.41]> <20071207001315.GA58050@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <E1J0TxL-000J4O-8V@[24.61.20.41]>
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To add a bit to the previous message:
,--- I=Alex (Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:32:51 -0500) ----*
|
| So, is it that a port maintainer creates `/var/db/pkg/PKG/*' files
| by hand? Based on individual ideas? Not on really "must-to-have"
| things, like dependencies on shared libraries?
|
| (I am totally unfamiliar with the mechanism to maintain and package
| the ports and would like to understand it.)
|
`-------------------------------------------------*
And also, do dependency reports depend on the contents of
`/usr/ports/INDEX-7', in which I see:
--------------------
< /usr/ports/INDEX-7 grep ^xorg-server.*hal-| wc -l
1
--------------------
which to me implies that `xorg-server' depends on `hal' (am I right
here?)
But INDEX in a fetched file, not aware that I have "WITHOUT_HAL=yes"
in `/etc/make.conf'...
I am rebuilding all the installed ports from source now to see what
dependency chains I'll get, but I would appreciate a brief
explanation.
Thanks,
-- Alex -- alex-goncharov@comcast.net --
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