Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:53:02 -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: <20020121105206.H56403-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3C4BED10.725FFBD3@FreeBSD.org>
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> 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.
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> -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?
Joe
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