Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 12:00:15 -0400 From: Atomic Beef <teddyg522@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: State of Provides/Requires Message-ID: <CAK%2B0_cD6PdJn1nv5%2BT=0v1zc-MjAH%2Ba3WHGGKWm2TyLtVrts1A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160716151339.lvco3nmctrrk6h7s@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <CAK%2B0_cD%2B3E1buHURDNJd-RD_W0Hs=0enqXzag5K5VYizb5rkCw@mail.gmail.com> <20160716151339.lvco3nmctrrk6h7s@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wrote: > Provides/Requires has been added in pkg around 1.4 (iirc) > > They are not perfect and we would prefer to use what we call flexible > dependencies instead. that said flexible dependencies are not any close to > be > implemented. So I think we should use current provides/requires mechanism > in the > mean time. > > To use them the only issue in on the ports tree itself > > Best regards, > Bapt > What are the differences between flexible dependencies and the current provides/requires implementation? What needs to be done to the ports tree to allow for the use of provides/requires? Thanks, Ted
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