Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:11:24 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net>, <freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: dependency question Message-ID: <20020122161059.G30742-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3C4DD4C3.23596914@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Joe Clarke wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > There is another consideration, namely the problem with shared
> > > directories under ${PREFIX}/share/gnome. Most GNOME packages use them
> > > extensively to store their .desktop files, pixmaps, .omf files, help
> > > files and so on, so that the dependencies should be constructed in a
> > > way that ensures that a package that installs file(s) into shared
> > > directory will be deleted before a package which "owns" that directory
> > > (i.e. has an appropriate @dirrm in its pkg-plist). Since most of
> > > GNOME ports install their shortcuts into menu directory owned by
> > > gnomecore all you should do it to define USE_GNOME. There is even a
> > > tool called ports/Tools/scripts/gnomedepends.py, which inspects your
> > > port's pkg-plist and tells you which packages should be put into its
> > > dependency chain to warrant correct removal of shared dirts.
> > >
> > > -Maxim
> > > P.S. Joe, please consider refining this explanation and turn it into
> > > another para in our FAQ. Tnx.
> >
> > I was actually thinking of updating the porting guide to include this as
> > well as mention what depednecies are imported by each of the GNOME macros.
> > What do you think?
>
> Sounds fine to me. Go and get 'em, tiger! :)
I went soft on listing each dependency. Have a look at what I did. Tell
me what you think.
Joe
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Maxim
>
>
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