Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 19:32:48 -0400 From: Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> To: Michael Ross <gmx@ross.cx> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkg question - Difference pkg vs port Message-ID: <CAKFCL4Xx9MUdiTTzNcAmiGpKPnNVUfmp%2BK%2BuMpjaZzJ1cZQZyQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.xlmwnmovg7njmm@michael-think> References: <op.xlmsddjrg7njmm@michael-think> <CAKFCL4UX1Z-UsJYix8RR1eSkU38j04UE3WOt7d-Wz4yZX9J9OQ@mail.gmail.com> <op.xlmwnmovg7njmm@michael-think>
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On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Michael Ross <gmx@ross.cx> wrote: > "Anything that provides" I think is the key to where I started thinking > wrong: > > The dependency is not "Shared libs required" libmysqlclient.so.18, > but one specific port that provides libmysqlclient.so.18 - mysql55-client. > Ports can do "provides library" dependencies. Packages can only depend on packages. You can try to force it but you could also confuse your package database rather badly. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b@gmail.com ballbery@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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