On Oct 18, 2014, at 7:19 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
>
> On Oct 18, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Mark Brethen wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> On Oct 18, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Mark Brethen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to specify e.g lib-depends {port:A || port:B} i.e. either
>>>> port A or port B?
>>>
>>> No, unless port A and port B are different versions of the same software
>>> that install their files to the same locations.
>>>
>>> For example, if your port requires Graphviz, then the dependency should be
>>> written "path:bin/dot:graphviz"; thus either the graphviz port or the
>>> graphviz-devel port will satisfy the dependency, since they both provide
>>> (different versions of) the dot binary.
>>>
>>> What is the specific scenario you're dealing with?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I have four subports: A, B, C and D. Subports B, C depend on A (pretty
>> straightforward). Subport D depends on either B or C. The stub installs all
>> four.
>
> Can you be more specific? What are B and C, what is their relationship to one
> another? Do they install the same files?
>
>
A are common files, B and C are different lisp systems (mutually exclusive),
and D contains extras (emacs mode, batch shell script, and a terminal-based
interactive frontend) that work with either B or C.
Mark
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