On Thu, 8 Feb 2024 22:44:17 +0100 Luca Pizzamiglio wrote: > Hi FreeBSD porters. > > Here are some updates about subpackages. > > At the moment, subpackages adoption is *on hold*, as a few annoying issues > have been identified and they need some time to be fixed. > A bug about optional dependencies for subpackages has already been fixed > <https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/Mk?id=064923481f420136c46895d1047344c580be3c25> > (OPT_*_DEPENDS.subpkg was not detected correctly) > > The main blockers are: > * `make describe` is not subpackages aware. A fix is in review, but not yet > ready to land. This is also breaking INDEX. > * `make install` doesn't allow for partial installation. A patch is ready > and in review (https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43789) to address it (in > reference to previous email threads) > * poudriere forces the rebuild of subpackages dependency. A PR is open and > we hope to find a solution soon. > Additionally, `USES.subpkg` doesn't work properly at the moment: > dependencies (LIB and RUN) are linked to the main package, instead of the > subpackage. > > Because of those issues, some subpackage commits have also been *reverted*, > waiting for the fixes to land, before being committed back.
Shall we revert commit to alsa-plugins as well until these issues are sorted? Max
