Question about a failure report

Sahil Tandon sahil at tandon.net
Fri Jul 3 20:20:07 UTC 2009


On Jul 3, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Alex Goncharov <alex- 
goncharov at comcast.net> wrote:

> ,--- You/Paul (Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:56:48 +0000) ----*
> | Since mysql is preselected, the port *should* install mysql if it's
> | not installed.  For some reason,
>
> If MySQL is in BUILD or LIB _DEPENDS .
>
> | Since it's a tinderbox, does it ignore OPTIONS and not install
> | dependent ports?
>
> Options decide the settings of make variables.
>
> With the default options, your WITH_MYSQL gets set to 'true' -- in
> this case, MYSQL should be listed as a dependency in your Makefile,
> which it is not.

It is listed, because when one sets USE_MYSQL, the appropriate macros  
in ports/Mk are utilized.  The OP just needs a slight tweak to the  
master port's CONFIGURE_ARGS, as noted in my previous post.

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Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net> 


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