[patch] remove build dependencies in bsd.ports.mk

Nicolas Blais nb_root at videotron.ca
Sun Nov 20 11:16:44 PST 2005


On November 20, 2005 02:08 pm, you wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 02:03:46PM -0500, Nicolas Blais wrote:
> > As I 'ls /var/db/pkg', I noticed a lot of ports I didn't use and that
> > didn't have a +REQUIRED_BY file. Ports such as ezm3 and gcc-ooo that I
> > could do without. So, what I did is a simple hack in
> > /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk so that I can run 'make deinstall-builddepends'
> > after a port is installed, and it will ask me to remove any build
> > dependencies.
>
> A lot of people use sysutils/pkg_cutleaves, which will interactively walk
> through all unused ('leaf') ports.
>
> mcl

Hm,  I wasn't aware of that port. Thanks!  But isn't that an option that 
should be offered when building a port? 
I mean, we can deinstall the port or deinstall all ports dependencies but 
can't deinstall its build dependencies?  

Maybe I'm too lazy too... I'll give that port a try.

Nicolas.
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