On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 12:31:25AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> Kris Kennaway schrieb:
> > It seems to me that the DEPENDS variable is obsolete - thesedays it
> > can be replaced more usefully and correctly by the other *_DEPENDS
> > variables. It's still in use by a handful of ports:
> >
> > ./x11/kdelibs3/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier
> > ./audio/klira/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/misc/kdehier
> > ./www/caudium12/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pexts/
> > ./lang/pm3-forms/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> > ./lang/pm3-gui/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> > ./lang/pm3-net/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> > ./lang/pm3-m3tk/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> > ./lang/pm3-netobj/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> > ./print/virtualpaper/Makefile:DEPENDS= ${PORTSDIR}/lang/pm3-base:configure
> >
> > Is it actually necessary, or can it be removed?
>
> It's the easiest and most reliable way of depending on kdehier - in
> particular because it doesn't require a particular file to depend on. It
> could probably be replaced by RUN_DEPENDS+BUILD_DEPENDS if it were to go
> away though.The main problem with it is that it adds to FETCH_DEPENDS, PATCH_DEPENDS and EXTRACT_DEPENDS too, which are usually bogus. I'd prefer to find a better way to do it. Kris
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