Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:40:30 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compile-only dependencies; am I rehashing an old debate? Message-ID: <20030314104030.GA11408@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20030312134139.N13626@odysseus.silby.com> References: <20030312132351.O13626@odysseus.silby.com> <20030312193849.GA87298@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030312134139.N13626@odysseus.silby.com>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:45:16PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote:
>=20
>=20
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:
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> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:26:05PM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry if this is some old debate / unfinished feature, but it just oc=
cured
> > > to me that some port dependencies are actually only relevent at compi=
le
> > > time, not afterwards. For example, I was just clearing away an old i=
make,
> > > and was warned that half a bazillion packages needed it. However, it=
was
> > > clear they they only needed it to _build_, not to run. I have a feel=
ing
> > > that this same problem applies to a decent number of other packages. =
Do
> > > the ports makefiles have any provision for creating compile-only
> > > dependencies?
> >
> > That's what BUILD_DEPENDS is for. They can be removed after
> > installation if you want.
> >
> > Kris
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> Hm, then everything should have been good... I'll see why those ports were
> confused late.
The 'half bazillion ports' that seem to need imake actually have
a library dependency on XFree86-{,4-}libraries; and the xlib port
has a runtime dependency on imake because of the mkhtmlindex executable.
Disclaimer: I don't know what mkhtmkindex does or why; this just serves
to explain the world's dependence on imake, which puzzled me too at first :)
G'luck,
Peter
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