Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:12:39 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: mandree@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which DEPENDS if something is just needed during port install Message-ID: <4c855947.ftPs1C6FNxVLQpvf%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4C85017A.10909@FreeBSD.org> References: <4C847D03.5090108@bsdforen.de> <4C85017A.10909@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthias Andree <mandree@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Am 06.09.2010 07:32, schrieb Dominic Fandrey:
> > What kind of dependency should I define if I just need something
> > for the install target? It's not needed before, not after and
> > not for the package.
> >
> > I used to think it's INSTALL_DEPENDS, but I just found out, that
> > doesn't even exist.
>
> BUILD_DEPENDS should do, no? Your dependency may then be built
> too early, but it's not recorded for later (unlike RUN_DEPENDS).
It seems as if BUILD_DEPENDS should be _sufficient_ unless the
dependency is needed to install the package as well as to install
the port, but it demands more than is _necessary_ since the
dependency is not needed to simply build (without also installing).
That said, I'm finding it hard to imagine a situation in which
something fancy is needed just to _install_ a port or package. I'd
expect installation to require nothing more complicated than copying
files from the build tree into the appropriate subdirector{y,ies} of
/usr/local/ and perhaps creating dedicated user identities. More
detail of the situation might help.
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