portlint warning, extra item placed in *_DEPENDS

Waitman Gobble uzimac at da3m0n8t3r.com
Sun Jun 24 20:58:58 UTC 2012


Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote ..
> On Jun 24, 2012 9:46 PM, "Waitman Gobble" <uzimac at da3m0n8t3r.com> wrote:
> >
> > Michael Scheidell <michael.scheidell at secnap.com> wrote ..
> > > Try a blank line in between depends and use
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Scheidell, CTO
> > > >|SECNAP Network Security
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original message-----
> > > From: Waitman Gobble <uzimac at da3m0n8t3r.com>
> > > To: "freebsd-ports at freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports at freebsd.org>
> > > Sent: Sun, Jun 24, 2012 20:37:28 GMT+00:00
> > > Subject: portlint warning, extra item placed in *_DEPENDS
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am working on a port and trying to have 'no warnings' when using
> portlint.
> > > I am receiving one warning:
> > >
> > > # portlint
> > > WARN: Makefile: extra item placed in the *_DEPENDS section, for
> example, "USE_QT4".
> > > 0 fatal errors and 1 warning found.
> > >
> > > I am not sure I understand how to fix this warning, if somebody has a
> hint or suggestion
> > > I would really appreciate it.
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe this is the relevant section of Makefile..
> > >
> > > BUILD_DEPENDS=  dcraw:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/dcraw
> > > USE_QT4=        gui xml qmake_build uic_build moc_build rcc_build
> > > QPROFILE=       puf
> > > WRKSRC=         ${WRKDIR}/${QPROFILE}
> > > HAS_CONFIGURE=  yes
> > > DESKTOP_ENTRIES="puf" "${COMMENT}" "" "puf" \
> > >                 "Graphics;2DGraphics;RasterGraphics;" "true"
> > >
> > > (i can send entire Makefile as needed.)
> > >
> > > Thanks so much,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Waitman Gobble
> > > San Jose California USA
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> > I split up the sections with blank lines, but I think the problem was
> because there was no space(tab) between DESKTOP_ENTRIES= and rhs. Adding
> that space seemed to remove the warning..
> 
> The problem was definitely the missing blank line, since that is what the
> check is for :)
> 
> Hope your porting goes well.
> 
> Chris

Thanks, I appreciate the help.

submitted the port shar per instructions, It's a simple little Qt app that will save me alot of time, maybe somebody else will find it useful. 
it was indeed a good learning experience to build and submit a port.

-- 
Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA



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