Package dependencies

[Andri Kok]

ok then. i'll start reading the porters handbook :) thx a lot for the
reply

Regards,

Andri Kok

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

> * Andri Kok <akok440 at cse.unsw.EDU.AU> [20031126 10:40]: wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I know that the ports system that FreeBSD has takes care of dependencies,
> > but I'd like to write my own shell/perl script for finding out which
> > dependencies a package need. So I guess the 1 million dollar question is
> > "How do the ports programmer know what dependencies a package need?" that
> > is all :) thx guys.
>
> I believe they just get the application and then do the reading. The developer
> of every application will say what other apps it will require to run. If you
> write a perl program, you do say what modules it will require for it to perform
> a certain operation, don't you?
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> use strict;
> use Digest::MD5;
> use bla::blah;
>
> Same thing as what the application developer says.
>
> So for starters,
>
> cd /usr/ports/net/gaim
> make all-depends-list
>
> Try to investigate what the target 'all-depends-list' does.
>
> For more details, get the Porter's Handbook. Look for it at www.freebsd.org
>
>
> -Wash
>
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
>
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