Installing javascript code into a port with npm...

[Willem Jan Withagen]

On 10/06/2018 19:12, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 9:45 AM Willem Jan Withagen <wjw at digiware.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The Ceph ports has since a while started to import all kinds of
>> javascript code using npm. Which fetches external data and install this
>> in the Ceph resulting tree.
>>
>> I have a question with this:
>>
>> How would that work under pouderiere building, because I was under the
>> impression that fetching extra data whilest builing a ports is sort of
>> not done.
>>
>> Other than that I still have errors in the building code, but I'd like
>> to know this before I put major effort in getting it to work the way it
>> now does...
>>
>> Thanx,
>> --WjW
> 
> poudriere cannot fetch during build. (However, it can if you whitelist
> it in ALLOW_NETWORKING_PACKAGES in poudriere.conf.)
> 
> The only thing you can do is fetch those dependencies as part of
> do-fetch, or have the user do it after installation (pkg-message
> instructions or a script or something).
> 
> Please, try *not* to create ports for the dependencies. We absolutely
> do not want npm packages in ports unless there's no other option.

'mmm

Sounds like an effort.
But avoiding npm packages is waht I expected, given that none we in the 
tree.

--WjW