textproc/libxslt depending on libxml >= 2.6.15

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:06:51 +0100, Linus Nordberg <linus at nordberg.se>  
wrote:

> Adam Weinberger <adamw at FreeBSD.org> wrote
> Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:01:31 -0500:
>
> |  > I was under the impression that the ports system handles these kind
> |  > of
> |  > dependencies through LIB_DEPENDS in the Makefiles.  How is  
> portupgrade
> |  > supposed to solve this in the case where you don't have libxslt
> |  > installed to begin with?
> |
> |  Because libxslt can't install until libxml2 is upgraded. Running
> |  'portupgrade -a' will ensure that all your ports are up-to-date. At
> |  the very least, 'portupgrade libxml2' should fix your libxslt build
> |  problem.
>
> My build problem is fixed, thanks.
>
> But I'd still like to understand how portupgrade can fix anything if
> the dependencies given in the Makefiles isn't correct.  Does
> portupgrade have any other sources of information than
> /var/db/pkg/pkdgb.db, built from the information in the directories
> under /var/db/pkg, which in turn comes from make install under
> /usr/ports?
>
> In the specific case, how would make in textproc/libxslt (Makefile
> 1.69) know that libxml2 should be installed before building?

To learn more about portupgrade, search for 'portupgrade' in google.

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=2

Cheers,
Mezz

> |  The new version of portupgrade fetches INDEX, which takes 5 seconds,
> |  instead of rebuilding it, which takes around 8 years.
>
> :-)
>
> Good news.  Thanks.


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