On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:24:49 +0200 Johannes Winkelmann wrote:
I'd really like to hear how others handle this. Do you normally use install and track dependencies by hand? Do you often ignore dependencies as specified by the maintainer? Should "depinst/install -D" be optional, for example for large transaction like gnome?
If port is in core/opt, I use depinst, most of the time.If it's from contrib/private repo, yapo is the way to go for resolving deps, or I modify the port to suit my needs, and put it in my private repo.
An alternative approach could be to make this user configurable, i.e. have 'install -D' (with dependencies) and 'install -N' (no dependencies), and let the user set the default behaviour if none is specified.
I agree that this should be user configurable, but with 'install -D' set as default, because most of the time you want to install port with all of its dependencies.
Thanks for your comments,
Glad to see you back in business, Johannes :) I'm looking forward to testing this pgt thingie.
Regards Johannes
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