Submitting a new port with dependancies not in the ports tree

Boris Samorodov bsam at ipt.ru
Sun Dec 24 10:07:27 PST 2006


On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:53:03 -0600 Josh Paetzel wrote:

> I'm in the process of writing a port and it has a dependancy that's 
> not in the ports tree, so I'm porting that as well.  My question is 
> what's the procedure in such a case?  Should I submit them both as 
> part of the same pr?  Obviously the one can't be committed without 
> the other.

Please, send a PR with the dependency that's not in the port's
tree. Wait until you get the number for the PR. And then send another
PR with your port and mention that this PR depends on the first one (a
PR number or an URL).


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