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Date:      Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:10:50 -0500
From:      Paul Murphy <pnmurphy@cogeco.ca>
To:        "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, Constantin Stefanov <cstef@mail.ru>
Subject:   Re: ports/47042: Some dependencies of port are built before extract stage
Message-ID:  <20030114181050.7ef75163.pnmurphy@cogeco.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200301141650.h0EGo8MK062523@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200301141650.h0EGo8MK062523@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:50:08 -0800 (PST)
"Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> wrote:

> 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.
>  

 A switch would be nice though...one that stops downloading of
dependencies / prohibits building (port and dependency) (i.e
-DNO_DEPENDS)

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Cogeco ergo sum

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