Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 07:34:28 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unexpected dependencies of graphics/libGL Message-ID: <20160117073428.ba76224e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <569B3231.9010400@parts-unknown.org> References: <20160117031923.ce1f36547351bf07b6fff9a0@ime.usp.br> <20160117070715.1c33732b.freebsd@edvax.de> <569B3231.9010400@parts-unknown.org>
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On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:18:25 -0800, David Benfell wrote: > On 01/16/2016 10:07 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > If the maintainer considers certain software essential for building, > > the required stuff is not optional anymore - no matter if the programs > > in question are _actually being used_ or not... > From my very brief time messing with RPMs, a distinction was made > between build dependencies and execution dependencies. I'm not clear > here whether FreeBSD's pkg system makes that distinction but it might be > a useful one to make. The FreeBSD ports collection makes the distinction between B-Deps (build dependencies) and R-Deps (run dependencies). The precompiled packages typically contain references to the run dependecies, but leave out the build dependencies which you don't need to actually _run_ the software. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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