From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 28 23:34:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D862E16A423; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:34:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E9FE43D45; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:34:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1741A3C2A; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 15:34:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6918C52135; Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:34:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:34:36 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Michael Nottebrock Message-ID: <20060128233436.GA40826@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060128223609.GA39096@xor.obsecurity.org> <43DBFECD.3020509@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43DBFECD.3020509@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: ports@freebsd.org, lioux@freebsd.org, kde@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: [kde-freebsd] Obsolete use of DEPENDS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:34:39 -0000 --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 12:31:25AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > Kris Kennaway schrieb: > > It seems to me that the DEPENDS variable is obsolete - thesedays it > > can be replaced more usefully and correctly by the other *_DEPENDS > > variables. It's still in use by a handful of ports: > >=20 > > ./x11/kdelibs3/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier > > ./audio/klira/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier > > ./www/caudium12/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pexts/ > > ./lang/pm3-forms/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > > ./lang/pm3-gui/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > > ./lang/pm3-net/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > > ./lang/pm3-m3tk/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > > ./lang/pm3-netobj/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > > ./print/virtualpaper/Makefile:DEPENDS=3D ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:con= figure > >=20 > > Is it actually necessary, or can it be removed? >=20 > It's the easiest and most reliable way of depending on kdehier - in > particular because it doesn't require a particular file to depend on. It > could probably be replaced by RUN_DEPENDS+BUILD_DEPENDS if it were to go > away though. The main problem with it is that it adds to FETCH_DEPENDS, PATCH_DEPENDS and EXTRACT_DEPENDS too, which are usually bogus. I'd prefer to find a better way to do it. Kris --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD2/+MWry0BWjoQKURApMmAJwPutgh7ySyOihbGp9QxCASHSK+CwCfTvHU Jqbn+4QJ/yL374E8Hyv26wM= =Qn0p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND--