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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:50:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
To:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/47042: Some dependencies of port are built before extract stage
Message-ID:  <200301141650.h0EGo8MK062523@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/47042; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
To: Constantin Stefanov <cstef@mail.ru>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/47042: Some dependencies of port are built before extract
 stage
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:48:59 +0100

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 Lately Constantin Stefanov told:
 
 > >Description:
 > When I type make extract in port directory (I tried some ports, the
 > first was mail/cyrus-imapd2), some dependencies are built before
 > extract stage. It is quite annoying and time-consuming in case when it
 > is not needed to build port, but, for example, I want to extract port
 > and read some docs.
 [...]
 > >Fix:
 > I suggest to postpone building dependencies until some later stage
 > (maybe build them before configure stage).
 
 this may seem reasonable but there are cases where ports are needed
 before extraction, eg. unzip etc.
 our _DEPENDS system is not fine grained enough for this to
 differenciate. LIB_DEPENDS could be sucked in after extract(/patch?),
 tho.
 
 cheers
   simon
 
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