Re: The port build failed claiming a runtime dependency on libmuffin.

From: Steven Friedrich <freebsdlouisville_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 15:34:25 UTC
On 5/9/23 9:00 AM, Yuri wrote:
> Steven Friedrich wrote:
>> On 5/8/23 5:02 AM, Yuri wrote:
>>> Steven Friedrich wrote:
>>>> I had installed cinnamon.  I went to the port to reinstall.  The port
>>>> build failed claiming a runtime dependency on libmuffin.
>>> You need to provide actual build output with exact errors to get any
>>> helpful answers.
>>>
>>>> So why is cinnamon allowed to be installed as a package without
>>>> libmuffin?  How is this port being built on FreeBSD's build clusters?
>>> The dependency is called x11-wm/muffin and it's recorded in
>>> x11/cinnamon/Makefile.
>>>
>> Respectfully, you're missing the point.  How can libmuffin be a
>> dependency when it's not in our ports tree?  How does the freebsd team
>> build cinnamon?  And why is a runtime dependency breaking a build?
> Did you read my reply completely? Why - because it's not runtime-only
> dependency; try looking in the port Makefile.
>
STILL, libmuffin is not in the ports tree.

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