Why don't the packages get built for the runtime dependencies of the package I am building ?

[Matt Thyer]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:57:32 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris at obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 01:17:09PM +1030, Matt Thyer wrote:
[snip]
> > Surely there is a simple way to have the runtime dependency packages
> > built as well.
> >
> > Is this possible, or do I have to write my own script to recursively
> > determine the runtime dependencies and build those packages first ?
> 
> Does 'make package-recursive' not work?
> 
> Kris

It works really well however I believe another target should be added
to deal with the problem of wanting INDEX entries for a port and its
dependencies.

This target should be called "describe-recursive" and is as follows:

describe-recursive: describe
        @for dir in $$(${ALL-DEPENDS-LIST}); do \
                (cd $$dir; ${MAKE} describe); \
        done