Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> writes: > On Oct 5, 2021, at 05:36, Frank Dean wrote: >> >> I've submitted a pull request [1] for a new Portfile, `mod_tile`, but the >> checks are failing because this port requires the `mapnik` port to be >> installed with a non-default variant, `+postgis`. Similarly, it requires the >> `osm2pgsql` port to have been installed with `+lua`. >> >> [1]: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/12391 >> >> I've specified the dependency with: >> >> require_active_variants mapnik postgis >> >> If the dependent ports have not already been installed with the correct >> variant, simply performing a `port install` on `mod_tile` fails due to this >> dependency check, unless the install command includes the variant specifiers. >> >> 1. How should I handle this so that the automated builds complete >> successfully? > > There is no solution. MacPorts base does not have the ability to depend on a > variant of a port. (https://trac.macports.org/ticket/126) > > >> 2. How can I improve the user experience in the same scenario? > > The user experience is already as good as it can get, given how things > currently work in MacPorts. > > Ideally, ports should be designed so that they can depend on other ports > wholesale without regard for variants. > > For example, if osm2pgsql's lua support is something that other ports want to > depend on, then either osm2pgsql should be modified so that it provides lua > support unconditionally, or osm2pgsql's lua support should be broken out into > another port (perhaps a subport) perhaps called osm2pgsql-lua.
Thanks Ryan, I'll submit PR's for the other ports and follow up with their maintainers.
