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

From: Yuri <yuri_at_aetern.org>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 13:00:52 UTC
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.